"Robert Redford hid from me behind a door once. I was directing my first film, Truth, and had somehow, improbably, gotten him to star in it. We were shooting a take, I called cut, went in to give a note, and he was gone. The whole cast was smiling, and I couldn't figure it out there was only one door in and out of the room and I had just walked through it. How had I lost Robert Redford?"
"I remember, while developing that film, he gave me a note on a scene I had written featuring Bill Clinton. I was resisting the note and explained why, and Bob very gently said to me: It's just, knowing Bill, he wouldn't say it like that. And it crashed in on me that he was giving me the note because he personally knew the president of the United States."
A first-time director on the film Truth encountered Robert Redford's playful presence when Redford hid behind a door during a take, causing surprise and amusement among cast and crew. Redford offered subtle, knowledgeable notes during development, including correcting a line about Bill Clinton, revealing personal familiarity with the president. He preferred being called Bob and used easy charm to transform professional interactions; veteran crew became like teenagers in his presence. Actors such as Cate Blanchett and Elisabeth Moss showed visible nervousness and admiration, with Blanchett changing clothes multiple times and Redford praising Moss's work and acknowledging her series on his network.
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