Writer Ingrid Randoja recalls chatting about a character who would become an indelible part of pop culture by Norman Wilner on March 12th, 2021 at 10:30 PM 1 of 2 2 of 2
Look at Jeff Bridges on that cover. Just look at him. He’s 48, he’s happy, and he has absolutely no idea he’s just played the role that will define him for the rest of his natural life.
Before
The Big Lebowski, Bridges was a well-regarded character actor; the kind you could cast as a slippery hero or a complicated villain, an alien or a cowboy, a goofball sidekick or a man grappling with having survived a plane crash. He’d racked up three Oscar nominations. He had yet to work with Joel and Ethan Coen.
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