{"id":159,"date":"2025-09-16T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/upworthy\/2025\/09\/16\/robert-redford-teased-paul-newman\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T17:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T17:29:00","slug":"robert-redford-teased-paul-newman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodinc.com\/qa-upworthy\/2025\/09\/16\/robert-redford-teased-paul-newman\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Redford playfully mocked his late friend Paul Newman in this delightful resurfaced clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/robert-redford-gives-an-inspiring-speech-to-world-leaders-about-changing-the-course-of-history\" target=\"_blank\">Robert Redford<\/a> was many things to many people: husband, father, heartthrob, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.upworthy.com\/age-aint-nothing-but-a-number-until-you-see-how-it-affects-oscar-nods\" target=\"_blank\">Oscar-winning<\/a> actor, trailblazer. But to fellow actor Paul Newman, he was both co-star and dear friend. <\/p><p>When Newman passed away in 2008, Redford wrote a touching <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/archive\/6686508\/robert-redford-remembers-paul-newman\/\" target=\"_blank\">tribute <\/a>to him for <em>Time Magazine<\/em>. <\/p><p>&#8220;I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of <em>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid<\/em>, introduced us in New York City,&#8221; Redford wrote. &#8220;When the studio didn\u2019t want me for the film\u2013it wanted somebody as well known as Paul\u2013he stood up for me. I don\u2019t know how many people would have done that; they would have listened to their agents or the studio powers.&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube\">        \t\t<div class=\"embed-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-has-aspect-ratio \"> \n\t\t\t\t<div style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/KyR7XB0VBPM\/hqdefault.jpg)\" class=\"rkv-video-placeholder \" data-provider=\"youtube\" data-video-id=\"KyR7XB0VBPM\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Play video\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"17\" height=\"20\" viewBox=\"0 0 17 20\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<path d=\"M16.5 9.75047C16.5006 10.0051 16.4353 10.2556 16.3105 10.4775C16.1856 10.6995 16.0055 10.8853 15.7875 11.017L2.28 19.2802C2.05227 19.4196 1.79144 19.4957 1.52445 19.5007C1.25746 19.5056 0.993989 19.4392 0.76125 19.3083C0.530728 19.1794 0.338696 18.9914 0.204904 18.7637C0.0711107 18.536 0.000385179 18.2768 0 18.0127V1.48828C0.000385179 1.22417 0.0711107 0.964934 0.204904 0.737222C0.338696 0.509511 0.530728 0.321545 0.76125 0.192655C0.993989 0.0617322 1.25746 -0.00468706 1.52445 0.0002572C1.79144 0.00520146 2.05227 0.0813301 2.28 0.220781L15.7875 8.4839C16.0055 8.6156 16.1856 8.80145 16.3105 9.0234C16.4353 9.24534 16.5006 9.49582 16.5 9.75047Z\" fill=\"white\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t                        <\/p><p>One of their most powerful connections was laughter. &#8220;Whenever he\u2019d make a mistake on set, he would enjoy it more than anybody,&#8221; Redford wrote. &#8220;I\u2019d look at him, and he\u2019d look at me, and I\u2019d say, &#8216;You\u2019re not fooling anybody. You\u2019re not staring at me intensely; you\u2019ve lost your line.&#8217; And he\u2019d roar with laughter.&#8221;<\/p><p>Redford shared their heartfelt pranks: &#8220;We played lots of pranks on each other. I used to race cars, and after he took this rare Porsche I owned for a drive, he began to get into racing. He had incredible reflexes, and he got really good, but he talked so much about it that I got sick of it. So I had a beaten-up Porsche shell delivered to his porch for his 50th birthday. He never said anything, but not long after, I found a crate of molten metal delivered to the living room of my (rented) house. It dented the floor. I then had it turned into a really ugly sculpture and dropped it into his garden. 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In a now resurfaced clip from the <em>Pete&#8217;s Dragon<\/em> press junket in 2016, film critic Kevin McCarthy compliments Redford on his performance in <em>Captain America: Winter Soldier<\/em>. He says, &#8220;There&#8217;s a moment in that movie where you walk up to your fridge and you open it up &#8211; and in your fridge is <a href=\"https:\/\/newmansown.com\/products\/food\/sauces\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newman&#8217;s Own spaghetti sauce<\/a>.&#8221; Redford gives his trademark sly smile.<\/p><p>&#8220;Have you ever gone out and purchased Newman&#8217;s Own, like salad dressing?&#8221; McCarthy asks. Again Redford smiles and jokes, &#8220;No. Are you kidding? No, I like good food.&#8221; His face continues to brighten on the topic.<\/p><p>Redford adds, &#8220;Ready for a funny story? My wife and I were in a restaurant in Napa Valley and there was a table next to us of about seven people. And they kept looking over and commenting. And I thought, &#8216;We&#8217;re not gonna be left alone, they&#8217;re gonna come over and bug me&#8217; and so forth. And sure enough, this guy comes up from the table and says &#8216;I&#8217;m sorry, I hate to interrupt. We&#8217;re all here and we are such fans. I just wanted to tell you how much we love your work.&#8217; And I said &#8216;Well thank you.&#8217; And he said, &#8216;And we love your salad dressing.'&#8221;<\/p><p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <figure class=\"rkv-rebelmouse\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/good-worldwide.go-vip.net\/qa-upworthy\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/09\/origin-78063.jpg\" alt=\"The Sting, Robert Redford, Paul Newman, movies, friendshp\" \/><figcaption>1973   <a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/aa\/The_Sting_%281973_alt_poster%29.jpeg\" rel=\"nofollow\">commons.wikimedia.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>                        <\/p><p>McCarthy laughs, then confirms, &#8220;They thought you were Paul Newman? Did you correct him or did you let it go?&#8221; Redford dryly, without missing a beat, says, &#8220;No. I was so stunned, I just stared into space for a while. But it was a great moment.&#8221;<\/p><p>Commenters point out how special their friendship was. &#8220;I love how he\u2019s teasing his friend even beyond the grave,&#8221; one wrote. &#8220;I like to imagine that in that moment he knew Paul heard that comment and smiled.&#8221;<\/p><p>McCarthy goes on to talk about the magic of <em>Pete&#8217;s Dragon<\/em> and how it changed Redford&#8217;s character&#8217;s worldview. He asked, &#8220;Do you have something like that in your own life? Something that magical that happened that essentially changed the way you saw life?&#8221;<\/p><p>Redford answers quickly. &#8220;I did.&#8221; He describes being taken to the library as a child and says of the children&#8217;s books he read, &#8220;All the stories in the children&#8217;s section were about a life bigger than the one you were living in. And I got really taken with that. And the idea of fantasy. 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