"On that day during the making of The Judge, Robert Duvall sat in the center of a candlemaking shop redesigned to look like a busy small-town diner. He tapped his fingers on the counter, waiting patiently while Robert Downey Jr., who played his estranged son and was one of the producers, walked the set, clapping backs and building moral support."
""What the fuck are we doing?" That was Robert Duvall, barking out the words to a bustling crew early one morning in Massachusetts on the 2014 set of . It's hard to believe the Oscar-winning actor has left us, even though he reached the wizened old age of 95. Duvall seemed more permanent, somehow. He was a craggy part of the pop culture landscape, having been a crucial ingredient of so many legendary films over the past seven decades."
"Duvall was captivating from his very first role-as the shy but menacing shut-in Boo Radley in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird, to his very last, as an old occult scholar who's also (ironically) a shut-in, living alone in the woods until investigators come seeking his help in 2022's Pale Blue Eye. In between, he appeared in more classics than any one actor has a right to claim."
Robert Duvall died at 95 while remaining a craggy, permanent presence in popular culture and film. He could command a set with a single bark, compelling cast and crew into attention. Crew and fellow actors such as Robert Downey Jr., Vincent D'Onofrio and Jeremy Strong worked alongside him during productions like The Judge, with cinematographers like Janusz Kaminski shaping scenes around his presence. Duvall's career began with Boo Radley in 1962's To Kill a Mockingbird and extended through a final role in 2022's Pale Blue Eye, spanning countless classic films and close collaborations with filmmakers.
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