87 years, 80 films, 2 Oscars: will this legendary actor return to cinema?

87-year-old Robert Redford is one of the most legendary Hollywood figures still alive. Will the actor and director, who won an Oscar in 1981 for “Men Like Others” (and an honorary Oscar in 2002), return to the movies?

A holy monster of world cinema, the artist has not appeared on the big screen since the live-action adaptation of Peter and Elliot the Dragon in 2016. We were able to see it again on streaming platforms The Discovery and Our Souls Night, which was released in 2016. Netflix. As for The Old Man and the Gun, it went straight to Prime Video in France.

This project is also the last film in which Robert Redford appeared. Since then, she has appeared only very rarely in documentaries such as Jane Fonda in Five Acts or The Green Lung and the Red Carpet.

He is also the producer of the feature film All Illusions Must Be Shattered, a documentary by Laura Dunn and Jeff Sewell. Through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize-winning American anthropologist Ernest Becker, the documentary examines human mortality and the limits we place on ourselves to deny it.

Did Robert retire?

If we haven’t seen Robert Redford in a feature since The Old Man and the Gun, it’s for a good reason. In fact, the actor decided to end his career in 2018.

“Never say never, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s going to be good for me to act and then retire because I’ve been acting since I was 21. I said, OK, that’s enough. . . and why not stick with something very upbeat and positive?”He explained in an interview with Entertainment Weekly in August 2018.

The actor emphasized that the old man and the gun naturally led him to this decision. He plays Forrest Tucker, a bank robber who escaped from prison 18 times between the 1930s and 1980s, unable to give up his passion.

“For me, he was a great character to play at that time in my life. What bothered me the most about him, I hope the film shows, was that he robbed 18 banks and was arrested and imprisoned 18 times. But he also got away 18 times. So I wondered if he wasn’t willing to break down just to enjoy what he really cared about: could he get away?

Keep it a secret

However, a few months after this announcement, Robert Redford qualified his remarks and wanted to “See the secret.” According to the actor “It was a mistake, I should never have said that”He admitted in the columns of Variety. “I shouldn’t talk about it because it gets too much attention.”

Perhaps the 87-year-old artist does not prevent a return to directing, in front of the camera, as surely as Clint Eastwood. However, his last film as a director was Sous Surveillance in 2013; He directed this thriller, which also stars Shia LaBeouf.

For his part, David Lowery, the director of “The Old Man and the Gun”, trusts without hesitation Esquire ; According to him, Robert Redford mentioned during filming that this was his last film as an actor. 6 years after this feature film, it is clear that Redford has not appeared in a feature work again. It seems that the artist is now in peaceful retirement, away from the sets and he has no plans to return.