10 Questions for Robert Redford
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In a role about the lives of two clever and charismatic outlaws, Redford co-starred with Paul Newman as the skilled Sundance Kid in one of the most successful Westerns ever made, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). Though he had been acting for quite some time, it was this performance that brought him to international fame. A huge success, the film projected his appeal as an intelligent, reliable, and handsome sex symbol.