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Everybody loved Robert Redford. Directors and co-stars including Ralph Fiennes, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Delroy Lindo, Judd Hirsch, Norman Reedus and F Murray Abraham explain why.

‘Always the coolest, calmest man in the room’: friends and film-makers remember Robert Redford.

Zooming out, the new details shift the near-term calculus for people directly involved and for anyone tracking the bigger picture.

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• ‘Always the coolest, calmest man in the room’: friends and film-makers remember Robert Redford.

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• Published: Roy Barkhnane • Sep 19, 2025 12:00 AM EDT
• Source mix: theguardian.com