Jane Fonda Questioned Why Barbra Streisand Did a Tribute to Robert Redford Instead of Her
After the In Memoriam segment at the Oscars, Jane Fonda was left wondering why she wasn’t on stage to tribute Robert Redford. Barbra Streisand honored the late star during the show. Fonda said she would have been a better choice given her relationship with him.
Jane Fonda said she should have done the Oscars tribute to Robert Redford
In 1973, Streisand starred alongside Redford in The Way We Were. She honored him onstage at the Oscars on Sunday.
“He was a brilliant, subtle actor,” she said. “And we had a wonderful time playing off each other because we never quite knew what the other one was going to do in the scene.”
Fonda starred in four movies with Redford. She joked that her history with the actor made her the better choice for the segment.
“I want to know how come Streisand was up there doing that for Redford?” she said, per People. She added that Streisand “only made one movie with him, I made four! I have more to say.”
Jane Fonda said she was in love with Robert Redford when they filmed ‘Barefoot in the Park’
Fonda and Redford starred in Barefoot in the Park in 1967. She said that the movie made her want to team up with him again in 2017’s Our Souls at Night.
“I wanted to be able to fall in love with him again,” she told The Hollywood Reporter. “In Barefoot in the Park, I couldn’t keep my hands off of him. I was constantly forcing myself on him. In Our Souls at Night, the dynamic of my character to his character was somewhat similar.”
She joked that she wished her sex scene with Redford in Our Souls at Night was longer.
“I just love the fact that these films bookend our careers,” she said. “We played that young love just getting married and now we play old people love and old people sex. Although, in my opinion, Ritesh cut the sex scene too soon.”
Billy Crystal also paid tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner
During the In Memoriam segment, Billy Crystal paid tribute to his longtime friends Rob and Michele Reiner. They were killed in their Los Angeles home in December. Crystal described their loss as “immeasurable.”
“They were unstoppable,” he said. “A gifted photographer, she not only produced films with Rob, but it was her energy that had them working tirelessly to fight social injustice in the country that they both loved. Rob and Michele Reiner became the driving force in the landmark decision for marriage equality across the United States.”
He added that Reiner loved his work and knowing that it meant something to people.
“To the millions who have enjoyed his films all these years, I want you to know, here and around the world, how many times Rob told me that it meant everything to him, that his work meant something to you — and for us who had the privilege of working with and knowing him and loving him.”
As he spoke, many of Reiner’s collaborators stood behind him in support.
