Jane Fonda is mourning the lack of her longtime good friend and co-star Robert Redford, who died on the age of 89.
“It hit me laborious this morning once I learn that Bob was gone. I can’t cease crying,” Fonda shared in a press release to USA TODAY. “He meant loads to me and was a lovely individual in each manner. He stood for an America we’ve to maintain preventing for.”
Fonda and Redford’s friendship went on for many years, starting with their first movie collectively in 1960’s Tall Story. They went on to co-star in The Chase (1966), the beloved romantic comedy Barefoot within the Park (1967), and the hit drama The Electrical Horseman (1979).
Almost 50 years later, the pair reunited for one last collaboration within the Netflix rom-com Our Souls at Evening (2017). They celebrated the movie collectively on the Venice Movie Competition, the place their enduring friendship and on-screen chemistry have been as soon as once more on full show.
In 2017, the actress advised The Hollywood Reporter that she “couldn’t preserve my fingers off” Redford once they filmed Barefoot within the Park. “I used to be consistently forcing myself on him. In Our Souls at Evening, the dynamic of my character to his character was considerably comparable. I simply love the truth that these movies bookend our careers,” she shared.
“We performed that younger love simply getting married [in Barefoot], and now we play outdated individuals love and outdated individuals intercourse,” Fonda added. “He’s an excellent kisser. It was enjoyable to kiss him in my 20s after which to kiss him once more in my almost-80s.”
In a 2023 interview with Vulture, Fonda admitted, “I made 4 movies with him, and for 3, I used to be in love with him. Which meant I had a extremely good time.”
Redford, nevertheless, advised The Telegraph in 2017 that he had no concept “Jane Fonda was in love with me,” although he shared an analogous assertion about what it was like working with the previous mannequin.
“It’s straightforward,” he mentioned on the Right now present that very same 12 months. “We’ve finished many movies through the years, so it simply labored out that manner. There was not numerous dialogue, we didn’t have to speak about loads. Issues simply sort of fell into place between us, and there wasn’t way more to consider.”
Meryl Streep, who starred alongside Redford within the 1985 drama Out of Africa, additionally paid tribute in a press release with The Independent writing, “One of many lions has handed. Relaxation in peace, my beautiful good friend.”
