i think they d been going on since the last 150 years. there s always been depending on some crisis, there s always been some attempt to mess around with the constitution. i mean it s just an ongoing thing. it still happens. here s the weird thing, robin, come to you, because fascinating character that you play. because even at the end, i didn t know if she was guilty or not, which i guess is brilliant directing by mr. redford, but as you were playing the role, did you have any real sense of innocence or guilt? that it mattered to you? yeah, i think it s a twofold. you know the question and the answer. because it s guilt possibly for justice, for others. but it s innocence for her as a mother. the protection of a child. i mean it s unwavering, the will of it you have. and i think it s separate in a part of what society say, the definition is. you had the perfect face for it, i thought. didn t give anything away.
tough and that s the time when america gets tough and is he going to stick with it? he did. and it took a year. oh we would never do that. robin, is this one of those roles for you that when you see the script, you just you say, if you don t get me this role i will you just knew. robert redford directing, you see the script, i have got to do this? well, she go ahead. what? she didn t need to because i wanted her i wanted james and robin right off of the bat. i don t know about her end but on my end it was a done deal i just hoped that she would do it. i didn t read the script i met with you. she can t read. [ laughter ] i met with you for maybe five minutes. he pitched. a relationship story. there was nothing political about it. he said that we can talk about the parallels later. he said it s about a devoted catholic, mother, who has a
the two photographed men of their day of the entire world and in fact this other interesting story behind it, that was hugely interesting to me and also to to play a guy who loved his country so much that he was willing to die for it and proved that by fighting for years. because your character, just to tell the viewers who haven t seen the movie yet, your character is dimetrically opposed politically to the woman that he is defending? he s disgusted by the idea of defending her. absolutely disgusted. and that s why it s an interesting character to play. that s why it is an interesting story to tell because he loves his country so much and that fuels his disgust and hatred of this woman but ultimately his love for his country fuels his need to see that she receives a fair trial because he believes in the country and the constitution. be honest the moment that you walked out for the first time and you see your director uh-huh. sitting in some intimidating chair, and you re
cliff-hanger of what their favorite robert redford movie is. james, i ll start with you. it s a tossup between butch and sun das and barefoot in the park. good call. i love that film. the way we were, sundance. god, that s tough. i wanted him. really? i wanted him in how old was i? in which movie? why am i just finding that out now? oh, that was the dream man. kevin? favorite redford movie. what movies have you done, bob? somehow it s gone out of my mind. i think the chase. i loved you in the chase with brando. that was you, wasn t it? yeah. no, that was brando. with you. brando with you. i liked that part. yeah. and i liked the conspirator. because he finally had, you know an actor. he had a proper actor or two to work with. tom. i like all of them. sting s good. sundance is good. i m going to go with jeremiah johnson.
and i don t spend a lot of time in the past. sometimes i ll look at a film most actors look at stuff that they ve done and go oh my god it could have been so much better. i should have done this, done that. and i m no different than anybody else. do you have a favorite redford movie? i think the yeah. i think butch cassidy because it was so much fun. in other words, i love to ride. i like doing the stunts, you know? and pollen i had a great relationship that just evolved into making the film but it was so much fun. it was in the country in which i love. getting on a horse. being an outlaw which i felt like most of my life. and it was a wonderful script by bill goldman. and beautifully directed by george ray hill except that song that was in it. how good of a shot are you? i m a good shot. yeah, could you do a little sundance trick. like what do you have in mind? i don t have one in here. i don t have any firearms. but do you that kind of stuff?