\u201cHe doesn\u2019 t like sex scenes\u201d but \u201che\u2019s a great kisser, \u201d the legendary actress joked about her „Our Souls At Night“ co-star.<\/b>
\nA playful Jane Fonda and Robert Redford hit the Lido to chat about their new film \u201cOur Souls At Night\u201d which screened for the international press this morning. Directed by \u201cThe Lunchbox\u2019s\u201d Ritesh Batra, the romantic pic about a pair of longtime neighbors who find love well past middle age was warmly received here at the Venice Film Festival. There is an official out-of-competition screening is Friday night, when veterans and on-and-off collaborators Fonda and Redford will receive lifetime achievement Golden Lions.
Although her \u201cOur Souls At Night\u201d character Addie doesn\u2019 t come with the Malibu sheen of Fonda\u2019s \u201cGrace & Frankie\u201d vibrator entrepreneur, they do share being older women who are also sexual beings. Still, \u201cOur Souls At Night\u201d \u2014 which, like \u201cGrace & Frankie, \u201d is a Netflix original \u2014 is a more quiet meditation on older folks making a new connection; there is carnal knowledge, but it\u2019s a slow build.
The ultimate coupling evidently wasn\u2019 t shot long enough on screen for Fonda\u2019s tastes, however. She goaded director Batra that the sex scenes were cut too soon. And said of Redford, \u201cI live for sex scenes with him.\u201d The pair first worked in the 60s on \u201cThe Chase\u201d and \u201cBarefoot In The Park.\u201d She teased, \u201cHe doesn\u2019 t like sex scenes\u201d but \u201che\u2019s a great kisser.\u201d
More seriously, Fonda said she wanted to make this film with Redford because she \u201cwanted to be able to fall in love with him again, \u201d but also because it\u2019s about hope. \u201cIt\u2019s never too late. If you\u2019 re brave and willing to take risks and a leap of faith you can become what you were meant to be even if you\u2019 ve never been that before, \u201d Fonda said. For that she got a round of applause from a rapt press corps.
Redford said he wanted to produce \u201cOur Souls, \u201d based on the book by Kent Haruf, as something that would satisfy the older audience. And, he wanted to do another film with Fonda \u201cbefore I die.\u201d
He said that going back nearly 50 years \u201cthings have always been easy, \u201d between him and the actress. \u201cThey just fell into place. There\u2019s a love there, there\u2019s a connection there. It has to do with what your attitude is about work and what is your attitude about life, \u201d he said.
Both activists, neither Redford nor Fonda got too deep into politics Friday except to note that we need \u201chope\u201d and in a call to save the planet. Redford: \u201cIf we care about future generations, we only have one planet and it\u2019s already been chewed up\u2026 We have a responsibility to do whatever we can to preserve what\u2019s left.\u201d Fonda: \u201cThat means a lot of changes, especially in our country.\u201d
But overwhelmingly the pair fielded questions about their shared history. Fonda recalled walking down a corridor of Paramount\u2019s Administration Building with Redford in the 60s and noticing \u201call the secretaries\u201d gasping, \u201cThere he is!\u201d Fonda thought then, \u201cOh my God, this guy is going to become a huge star. It was very, very exciting to be working with him at that early stage.\u201d
That was around the time of \u201cBarefoot In The Park, \u201d the classic New York-set newlywed comedy based on the Neil Simon play. Said Fonda, \u201cI love the fact that these films booked our careers.\u201d
\u201cOur Souls At Night\u201d starts streaming on Netflix September 29.<\/p>\n

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