Hollywood is full of stories of actors who weren't cast because they demanded too much money, as well as other talented performers who get a shot at stardom as a result. Fortunately for Burt Reynolds, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All are undeniably iconic characters, but they only scratch the surface of a filmography that ranged from melancholy auteurist rom ...

DELIVERANCE Yes, welcome to the 90's, Burt ("Deliverance," by Lynn Hirschberg, June 16). Burt Reynolds is beautiful and bold -- another Clark Gable. I am sick and tired of skinny, WASP-y actors like ...

Reynolds was Hollywood's biggest box office star from 1978 to 1982. A new book examines those years — and the work that came before and after — to argue that he was more varied in his range than even ...