Followers of the 1973 romance drama “The Method We Have been” know that Robert Redford’s Hubbell Gardiner and Barbra Streisand’s Katie Morosky don’t end up together by the finale.
However what viewers could not know, is that Redford, 86, initially didn’t wish to star alongside the long-lasting singer within the Sydney Pollack movie.
Robert Hofler’s upcoming e book in regards to the acclaimed film, titled “The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen,” explores how Redford was hesitant to star together with his main girl 5 a long time in the past.
The oral historical past claimed that the “Strange Individuals” director discovered the “Humorous Woman” star to have a “controlling” repute.
“She’s going to direct herself. It’ll by no means work,” the e book stated.
Redford was additionally reportedly involved with Streisand’s musical background, in accordance with the e book. “She’s not going to sing, is she?” he requested, per Hofler. “I [don’t] need her to sing in the course of the film.”
The e book additionally reported that Pollack — who died in 2008 — had beforehand uttered: “Barbra had by no means labored with a extremely robust main man.”
“She tends to take over an image, simply by the dimensions of her expertise and larger-than-life presence. It’s arduous for a costar to remain in the identical ring together with her,” the “Three Days of the Condor” director had stated.
Pollack had solely believed that Redford might take care of the Oscar winner. “In appearing, it’s important to sense that there’s a reserve someplace, that you simply’re seeing the highest of the iceberg,” Pollack stated, in accordance with Hofler’s e book.
“Redford makes you come to him as a performer. He holds his floor, and also you both enter his turf otherwise you don’t get it. Interval. He won’t courtroom you…I spent actually eight months beating him to demise with a view to get him to do it. I might not let him off the hook,” Pollack famous.
A sequel was even alleged to be produced with Redford and Streisand again on the helm, entitled “The Method We Modified.”
Nonetheless, the “Out of Africa” star was over the function. “I didn’t, however Barbra did,” he stated of sequel talks.
Streisand just lately spoke to the Guardian about her profession and iconic roles. She admitted that she nonetheless will get pissed off with individuals announcing her identify incorrectly.
She defined how the correct option to say her surname is “Strei-sand,” not “Strei-zand.”
“It’s the funniest factor to me that folks nonetheless can’t appear to get my identify proper,” she stated. “Even at the moment, I needed to appropriate my new assistant.”
