Robert Redford demanded 'bad in bed' line cut from 'The Way We Were' - New York Post

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Robert Redford refuses to fto anyone deliberation helium could perchance beryllium atrocious successful bed, according to a caller book.

Redford, 86, insisted connected cutting a portion of dialog from “The Way We Were” implying that his quality Hubbell wasn’t bully successful bed, writer Robert Hofler revealed.

His book, “The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen,” dives into the making of the 1973 romance movie successful grant of its 50th anniversary.

Hofler wrote that the enactment was successful some the publication and screenplay by Arthur Laurents, and Laurents wanted to support it successful to implicit the scene.

“Hubbell looks into Katie’s (Barbra Streisand) eyes aft their orgy of grapes and tells her, ‘It’ll beryllium amended this time.’ Only Redford refused to accidental the line. He adjacent made definite to person it crossed retired successful the moving script,” Holfer wrote.

He added: “Redford was ne'er atrocious successful bed. So however could Hubbell be?”

A rep for Redford declined to remark to The Post.

Barbra Streisand and histrion  Robert Redford connected  the acceptable   of The Way We Were directed by Sydney Pollack.Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford connected the acceptable of “The Way We Were” directed by Sydney Pollack.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images
Robert Redford attends ' The Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation's 2021 grant  ceremonial  ' astatine  Grimaldi Forum connected  October 29, 2021 successful  Monaco, Monaco.Robert Redford allegedly insisted connected cutting dialog from “The Way We Were” implying that his quality Hubbell wasn’t bully successful bed.Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images

The publication besides noted that Redford wore 2 pairs of underwear to “protect himself” from Streisand, 80.

Streisand was allegedly “infatuated” with Redford, and Hofler said the histrion wore 2 “athletic supporters” during the emotion scenes successful effect portion the vocalist wore a bikini to support the shots “pretty G-rated.”

Robert Redford and histrion   and vocalist  Barbra Streisand connected  the acceptable   of The Way We Were directed by Sydney Pollack.Barbra Streisand was allegedly “infatuated” with Robert Redford.Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images

Holfer reported that the manager of the movie Sydney Pollack — who died successful 2008 — had said Streisand was “delighted” and had a crush connected Redford “even earlier we started.”

“It was hard for women not to person a fixation, due to the fact that helium was everywhere, similar Elvis. He was the aureate lad agelong earlier Hubbell came along,” Pollack antecedently said.

American histrion   and vocalist  Barbra Streisand hugs American histrion  Robert Redford from down  successful  this publicity inactive  from the movie   'The Way We Were' directed by Sydney Pollack, 1973. (Sydney Pollack — who died successful 2008 — had said Streisand was “delighted” and had a crush connected Redford “even earlier we started.”Columbia Pictures International/Courtesy of Getty Images

Laurents uttered the aforesaid sentiment, saying, “She was simply mesmerized by him due to the fact that she recovered him truthful beautiful. She was infatuated with Robert Redford, who handled it well, neither encouraging her nor utilizing her crush to his advantage.”

“The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen” — which contains exclusive interviews with some Redford and Streisand — deed bookshelves connected Tuesday.

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