After the death of Hollywood great Robert Redford, his pals and former colleagues are paying tribute.
Jane Fonda, Redford’s costar from a number of movies spanning over 50 years, stated the information of his dying at age 89 on Tuesday hit her “hard.”
”I can’t cease crying. He meant loads to me and was a lovely particular person in each method,” the Academy Award-winning actress and activist stated in a press release shared with NCS. “He stood for an America we have to keep fighting for.”
Fonda and Redford first appeared collectively within the 1966 Marlon Brando-starring movie “The Chase,” adopted one 12 months later by the hit romantic caper “Barefoot in the Park” from author Neil Simon.
In 1979, they paired once more in “The Electric Horseman,” happening within the rodeo world.
For Netflix’s “Our Souls at Night” in 2017 – precisely 50 years after “Barefoot in the Park,” Redford and Fonda once more teamed as much as inform the story of a pair of neighbors, now every widowed, who lastly make a connection.
Meryl Streep, who costarred with Redford within the 1985 drama “Out of Africa,” additionally paid tribute.
“One of the lions has passed,” Streep stated in a press release shared with NCS. “Rest in peace my lovely friend.”
Morgan Freeman, who costarred with Redford on two movies, described working with Redford as “a dream come true.”
“There are certain people you know that you’re going to click with. After working with Robert Redford on Brubaker in 1980, we instantly became friend,” Freeman wrote in a statement shared on social media. “Working with him again in An Unfinished Life was a dream come true. Rest peacefully, my friend.”
Beyond his movie profession, Redford was a dedicated environmentalist, shifting to Utah in 1961 and main efforts to protect the pure panorama of the state and the American West.
He died Tuesday “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah–the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly,” Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK stated in a press release to NCS.