The Sundance Child is again.
Robert Redford, 88, appeared onscreen for the primary time in six years with a cameo within the AMC / AMC+ present “Dark Winds.”
Together with George R. R. Martin, 76, who wrote the books on which “Game of Thrones” relies, the legendary actor is an govt producer on “Dark Winds,” and each males made cameos within the Season 3 premiere on Sunday evening.
Redford and Martin appeared within the episode as jail inmates taking part in chess. Martin’s character put Redford’s in checkmate, aided by the collection important character, Navajo tribal police officer Joe Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon).
In line with Vulture, Redford and Martin’s scene was shot on a closed set at Redford’s request.
The present follows Navajo law enforcement officials within the ‘70s. The episode’s director, Chris Eyre, instructed Vulture that the concept for Martin and Redford to cameo has been “in the air since the first season,” however “just to be sitting there going, Oh, I’m gonna direct Robert Redford, struck fear in me.”
He added, “Bob is so kind and he was so nice on the day, and so was George. But I remember Zahn turning to me when we were about to start shooting and he goes, ‘You’re doing a scene with Robert Redford, that’s incredible,’ and I said, ‘Zahn, will you be quiet? You’re making me nervous.’”
Earlier than this cameo, Redford’s final onscreen look was in 2019’s “Avengers: Endgame,” reprising his position from 2014’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier.”
Redford introduced his retirement earlier than one in all his last motion pictures, 2018’s “The Old Man & The Gun,” however on the premiere he instructed Selection that saying his retirement “was a mistake.”
“I should never have said that,” he stated. “If I’m going to retire, I should just slip quietly away from acting, but I shouldn’t be talking about it because I think it draws too much attention in the wrong way. I want to be focused on this film and the cast.”
The “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” star is a Hollywood icon, recognized for motion pictures similar to 1976’s “All the President’s Men” and 1973’s “The Way We Were.” In recent times, he’s labored extra on directing, the Sundance Institute — which he co-founded in 1981 — and producing exhibits similar to “Dark Winds” and “The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses.”
Throughout a 2018 interview with The Salt Lake Tribune, Redford stated “never say never” to the concept of performing once more.
He added: “In my mind, I’m pretty committed to retiring from acting, and moving but not stopping — just moving into new territory as a director and producer.”
Redford stated the way forward for Sundance — which operates the Sundance Movie Competition, filmmaking labs on the Sundance resort, music and playwrights’ labs and artist assist for unbiased filmmakers worldwide — “is going to be in the hands of my children.”
Redford had 4 kids along with his first spouse, Lola Van Wagenen, who he was married to from 1958 till the ‘80s: Scott, who died of Sudden Toddler Dying Syndrome at 2 months previous, Shauna, 64, filmmaker James, who died of most cancers at age 58 in 2020, and actress and filmmaker Amy, 54.
Since 2009, he’s been married to Sibylle Szaggars.
In 2022, “Dark Winds” star McClarnon instructed The Publish that Redford and Martin are “wonderful human beings.”
“I spent the weekend with Robert, and it was a dream come true to sit and have conversations with him,” the “Westworld” actor added.
“He was a personal hero of mine growing up. In ‘Little Fauss and Big Halsy,’ that 1970 movie that Robert Redford was in, he was kind of a ladies’ man and he used to carry around a toothbrush in his mouth. And my parents couldn’t get that toothbrush out of my mouth when I was 5 years old. He was a huge inspiration to me growing up,” McClarnon stated.
The next 12 months, McClarnon instructed the Publish that he noticed each Martin and Redford whereas filming “Dark Winds.”
“I saw George quite a bit. He’d come up to the set [in Santa Fe, New Mexico]. We also had quite a few dinners together,” McClarnon stated.
“Bob got up to the set a few times and said hello to everybody. I spoke to him on the phone a few times, and we had a couple dinners. But he’s getting up there in age… It’s kind of hard for him to get around these days.”
“Dark Winds” Season 3 airs Sundays at 9 p.m. on AMC and AMC+.
