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has there ever been a pairing like Redford and Newman?

posted 13 years ago by lostto
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I'm really surprised to find no posts here re: this inspired pairing. I have often read how much both men have hated their status as some of Hollywood's most gorgeous men. Both were such skilled actors, deliberate and conscientious re: the craft, and have hated the distraction their looks created....but one just can't help but think at times during this movie "this has got to be one of the most high-wattage handsome pairings of all time". Over the years I've noted how women always react when this movie is mentioned...and they're first comments are never about the movie (though pretty universally liked or loved), but about the effect of both these men together on the screen!

[–] ATG6 (3000) 3 years ago

A more recent example:
Leonardo DeCaprio and Brad Pitt in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

[–] ebhaynz (3688) 3 years ago

I'm a straight guy but I have to agree this is definitely one of the most handsome pairings of all time. Redford is probably 70% of it but the combination of Newman's 30% plus his blue eyes makes their pairing electric.

[–] millsey72 (10259) 2 years ago

Stallone and Russell in Tango and Cash

[–] christomacin (4655) 2 years ago

What about Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing? Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas made a good pairing as well, although they were really only "buddies" in O.K. Corral and Tough Guys.

I Walk Alone (1948)
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
The Devil's Disciple (1959)
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
Seven Days in May (1964)
Victory at Entebbe (1976)
Tough Guys (1986)

[–] liscarkat (18388) 10 months ago

Hope and Crosby in the "Road" pictures
Carson and Morgan in the "Two Guys" movies
Cook and Moore in "Bedazzled"
Laurel and Hardy
Kelly and O'Connor in "Singing in the Rain"