Meryl Streep is mourning the lack of Hollywood icon and former costar Robert Redford.
“One of many lions has handed. Relaxation in peace my pretty good friend,” Streep, 76, stated in a press release through ABC News on Tuesday, September 16, after Redford’s death at age 89.
Streep and Redford shared the display screen in 1985’s Out of Africa, a romantic drama directed and produced by Sydney Pollack. The movie, based mostly loosely on the 1937 autobiographical e book of the identical identify by Isak Dinesen, noticed vital acclaim, with Streep incomes an Academy Award nomination for Greatest Actress, whereas costar Klaus Maria Brandauer earned a nod for Greatest Supporting Actor. Pollack ended up taking residence the Oscars for Greatest Director and Greatest Image for the movie.
Whereas working collectively on Out of Africa, Streep realized an important lesson from Redford about household and parenthood.
“Motherhood, marriage, it’s a balancing act. Particularly when you might have a job that you just contemplate rewarding,” she as soon as stated, per SlashFilm. “It’s a problem however the perfect form of problem … Robert Redford taught me that once they had been infants. ‘They aren’t your props.’ I actually admired the way in which he protected his household. It’s one thing I consciously emulated.’”
Streep shares youngsters Henry, Mamie, Grace and Louisa with ex Don Gummer, whereas Redford is survived by daughters Shauna and Amy. (Redford’s son Scott died three months after delivery in 1959 attributable to Sudden Toddler Demise Syndrome and son David died of most cancers in 2020.)
Barbra Streisand, the star of one in every of Pollack’s different movies with Redford, 1973’s The Means We Had been, additionally spoke out after hearing news of Redford’s demise on Tuesday.
“Every single day on the set of The Means We Had been was thrilling, intense and pure pleasure,” Streisand, 83, captioned a put up through Instagram. “We had been such opposites: he was from the world of horses; I used to be allergic to them! But, we stored looking for out extra about one another, similar to the characters within the film.”
Robert Redford and Meryl Streep Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagic
The actress continued, “Bob was charismatic, clever, intense, at all times attention-grabbing— and one of many most interesting actors ever. The final time I noticed him, when he got here to lunch, we mentioned artwork and determined to ship one another our first drawings. He was one in every of a sort and I’m so grateful to have had the chance to work with him. #RobertRedford.”
Scarlett Johansson was one other of Redford’s former costars who shared a touching tribute for the late actor. The pair starred collectively within the 1998 drama The Horse Whisperer when she was simply 13 years outdated.
“Every single day earlier than every scene, he would take the time to sit down with me and stroll me by the entire beats that led my character up till that specific level within the story,” Johansson, 40, stated in a press release to People on Tuesday. “Irrespective of the truth of the day’s rush, I at all times felt he had on a regular basis on the earth for our work. Bob created an atmosphere on set that was calm and treasured; a spot the place actors might make discoveries. He was affected person and heat and type.”
Robert Redford left behind a long-lasting legacy in Hollywood after his demise in September 2025. The actor and director shot to stardom in 1967, when he appeared alongside Jane Fonda within the Gene Saks-directed romantic comedy movie, Barefoot within the Park. From there, he took on now-famous roles in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Child, […]
She thanked the actor for his religion in her skills and appearing as a mentor once they shared the display screen collectively.
“Bob, thanks on your perception in me and on your grace and steering,” Johansson added. “You impressed so many artists, me included, to go deeper, to remain current, to push artistic boundaries, and to discover additional, and for that, we’re eternally grateful.”
