Redford with director Sydney Pollack (left) and his co-star Barbra Streisand during the filming of 'The Way We Were' in New York in 1972. — Filepic/AP
THE passing of celebrities rarely shook me deeply. But there are exceptions; in 2002, when Allahyarhamah Rafeah Buang left us, it felt personal – her voice, her grace, and her songs were my late mother’s favourites, and in her, I caught fleeting echoes of the woman I lost when I was only three. Now, years later, it is Robert Redford’s departure that resonates deeply with me. He was my all-time favourite actor, a man whose screen presence once made me even toy with the idea of going into acting myself, though of course, in those days, acting was never seen as a “proper” career.
Still, in the quiet of my childhood, he gave me permission to dream.
