Robert Redford announces retirement from acting

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published 6 August 2018

Robert Redford is ready for his last (sun)dance.

The storied actor is rounding off his 60-year career with the upcoming film The Old Man & The Gun, he told Entertainment Weekly. There's a chance the 81-year-old will pick up some directing gigs, and he promised to "never say never" about acting again, but Redford told EW he's pretty set on going out with this "upbeat and positive" film.

Redford's role in The Old Man & The Gun, which is scheduled for a late September release, isn't too different from his actual life. Redford stars as longtime criminal Forrest Tucker, who is similarly closing a 60-year career with one last bank robbery. Tucker was a "wonderful character to play at this point in my life," and the "framework" of his story led Redford to choose this as his last film, he told EW.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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