We also had Sandra Bullock mostly alone in Gravity, Will Smith mostly alone in I Am Legend, and Tom Hanks again mostly alone in Cast Away.
Hell we could have a whole movie of Tuco walking in the desert for 70 miles from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly.
Or perhaps, Keira Knightley in a sequel to The Quiet Earth.
For my money, I'd like to see Daniel Day-Lewis in Stuck in an Elevator.
I just want you all to know what a solid man he is.
When I was 19 I worked as a tech/educator at a Media Arts Lab with a private theater that Redford in part funded.
One night, I was asked to stay three hours late to run a private screening for Robert and his son. I was happy to do so, no problem there.
I stayed up in the booth when they got there so they could have a private experience and set it going. Mid-screening, the servers died. That is the absolute most complicated thing to troubleshoot and I barely had a handle on it, this only happened this single time in my year there - terrible luck.
I popped into the theater to apologize for the disruption and Redford sort of just waved me off. I misinterpreted and stress got worse. It took about twenty minutes. I thought I was dust.
After the screening I went down to introduce myself and apologize once more. Redford introduced himself before I had a chance and immediately reassured me that he and his son had a lovely time and jokingly thanked me for the intermission. We chatted about the film and saw each other out after I locked up.
That’s all. He took the most stressful job experience I’ve had and made it into a funny and pleasant memory. Robert Redford is the man, so down to earth, friendly and approachable.
