“This was ahead of its time,” Reynolds declared when looking back on his career. “I was playing light comedy, and nobody cared.” Both of those statements are true to a certain extent, with Sam Whiskey ...

By the 1990s, Reynolds was reduced to being a casting director’s last resort. When Striptease producer Mike Lobell was searching for a distinguished veteran to play Lane Dilbeck, the powerful and ...

The star/executive producer talks doing his own stunts, taking a swing with certain season two episodes and his hopes for ...

Before Deliverance, Burt Reynolds was predominantly known for more comedic and adventure roles, with films like Fuzz, Shark!, and Skullduggery. However, in Deliverance, Reynolds took a slightly ...

Episode 16 reminded me of Deliverance [the 1972 thriller starring the late Burt Reynolds]. Was this intentional? I don’t know about the supernatural but I think it’s important to keep upping ...

Burt Reynolds achieved feature-film stardom and a large measure of credibility with his powerful dramatic performance in the 1972 thriller film Deliverance. Reynolds’ charm and sex appeal were ...

Marianne Caroselli still remembers the moment Burt Reynolds sauntered out into the center of his Austin motorhome in a sheriff's uniform and gave her a kiss hello. The actor was in the middle ...

He later admitted it was one of the biggest regrets of his career. Burt Reynolds refused the role of Han Solo in Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), which eventually went to Harrison Ford. Will Smith ...

AND WE ALSO HAVE WITH US SHAYLA STILLWAGON, WHO IS UP FOR THE BURT REYNOLDS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. CONGRATULATIONS. WHAT AN HONOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MICHELLE. SO WE’RE GOING TO START WITH YOU.

Sean Connery, who died in 2020, Al Pacino, 84, and Burt Reynolds were equally considered for the role of Edward. Al reportedly turned down the role of Edward because he felt he 'wasn't the right ...