Reynolds in “Smokey & the Bandit”
“It was really stupid. I don’t know what I was thinking. I really wish I hadn’t done that.“
Nevertheless, the picture cemented him as a Hollywood heartthrob and ladies man, following a string of TV leads and as his starring role in the John Boorman film Deliverance was about to hit theatres.
“As long as it was only a certain amount of pubic hair showing, I was all for it, you know. The only rules I had… I wanted a lot of drinks before. I have to be truthful, I was totally zonkered when I did the picture. That stupid smile, that’s what it is you know.”
The centerfold sold a ton of copies for Cosmo. 1.5 million. The issue sold out in a flash. Well, if you’re going to pose nude, you might as well do it in your prime when you’re hot as fuck.
Burt was the hottest thing going in his “Deliverance” days
(via The Daily Mail)
