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ARTICLE VIEW:
Jane Fonda, Meryl Streep and more remember Robert Redford
By Dan Heching, CNN
Updated:
4:09 PM EDT, Wed September 17, 2025
Source: CNN
After the , his friends and former colleagues are paying tribute.
Jane Fonda, Redford’s costar from several films spanning over 50
years, said the news of his death at age 89 on Tuesday hit her
“hard.”
”I can’t stop crying. He meant a lot to me and was a beautiful
person in every way,” the Academy Award-winning actress and activist
said in a statement shared with CNN. “He stood for an America we have
to keep fighting for.”
Fonda and Redford first appeared together in the 1966 Marlon
Brando-starring film “The Chase,” followed one year later by the
hit romantic caper “Barefoot in the Park” from writer Neil Simon.
In 1979, they paired again in “The Electric Horseman,” taking place
in the rodeo world.
For Netflix’s “Our Souls at Night” in 2017 – exactly 50 years
after “Barefoot in the Park” – Redford and Fonda again teamed up
to tell the story of a pair of neighbors, now each widowed, who finally
make a connection.
Another of Redford’s noted romantic leads, Barbra Streisand, also
mourned her former costar.
“Every day on the set of The Way We Were was exciting, intense and
pure joy,” she wrote Tuesday of their 1973 film, which has been
referenced in countless more contemporary titles including “” and
“Boys on the Side.”
Streisand called Redford “charismatic, intelligent, intense, always
interesting— and one of the finest actors ever” in her post. “The
last time I saw him, when he came to lunch, we discussed art and
decided to send each other our first drawings. He was one of a kind and
I’m so grateful to have had the opportunity to work with him.”
Meryl Streep, who costarred with Redford in the 1985 drama “Out of
Africa,” also paid tribute.
“One of the lions has passed,” Streep said in a statement shared
with CNN. “Rest in peace my lovely friend.”
Redford’s costar on the landmark 1976 movie “All the President’s
Men,” Dustin Hoffman, called his time on the film “one of the
greatest experiences I’ve ever had.”
“He was that rare person where what you see is what you get: the
decency he projected in his movies was genuine,” Hoffman continued.
“I’ll miss him. “
Morgan Freeman, who costarred with Redford in two films, described
working with Redford as “a dream come true.”
“There are certain people you know that you’re going to click with.
After working with Robert Redford on Brubaker in 1980, we instantly
became friends,” Freeman, who also worked with Redford on the 2005
film “An Unfinished Life” opposite Jennifer Lopez, wrote in a on
social media. “Working with him again in An Unfinished Life was a
dream come true. Rest peacefully, my friend.”
Redford’s “Indecent Proposal” costar Woody Harrelson said that it
was the late star, “along with his buddy Paul Newman, who made me
say, as a kid, ‘That’s what I want to do.’”
Harrelson added that Redford “was a real gentleman with a great laugh
and mischievous humor. I could always see the kid in him, no matter his
age. He stands the brightest among a firmament of stars.”
Mark Ruffalo, who appeared in 2001’s “The Last Castle” with
Redford, shared a letter he had written to him but had not had a chance
to deliver before his passing. The letter primarily focused on the
landmark 1976 film “All the President’s Men” – which starred
Redford and Dustin Hoffman as the reporters who uncovered details of
the Watergate scandal – and how the movie and its themes surrounding
journalistic integrity and freedom profoundly impacted him.
“This is what a real American Hero looks like,” Ruffalo wrote in
the caption accompanying the letter. “A man who brought people
together, lived and practiced empathy, and created good and useful
organizations that made peoples (sic) lives better and included anyone
who had an interest.”
Redford directed and costarred in 1998’s “The Horse Whisperer,”
which featured one of Hollywood heavyweight Scarlett Johansson’s
earliest roles. In a statement shared with CNN on Tuesday, the “Black
Widow” star described how Redford made time on each shoot day to sit
and prepare with her, 11 years of age at the time.
“Bob created an environment on set that was calm and precious; a
place where actors could make discoveries. He was patient and warm and
kind,” Johansson shared. “Bob taught me what acting could be, and
it was from his generosity and patience that I was inspired to pursue
the possibilities of the craft.”
She added, “That same generosity and love of the art inspired Bob’s
creation of Sundance, a place where filmmakers learn from one another,
inspire one another, and discover one another’s talent.”
Beyond his film career, Redford was a committed environmentalist,
moving to Utah in 1961 and leading efforts to preserve the natural
landscape of the state and the American West.
Leonardo DiCaprio focused on the legend’s activism work in his
tribute, writing on , “His unwavering commitment to protecting our
planet and inspiring change matched his immense talent. His impact will
endure for generations to come.”
Redford died Tuesday “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of
Utah–the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be
missed greatly,” Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan
PMK said in a statement to CNN.
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