Robert Redford Retires From Acting

In a story published on Monday, 81-year-old actor Robert Redford told Entertainment Weekly he will retire from acting following this autumn’s release of his upcoming film “The Old Man & The Gun." Reuters reports in the film, Redford plays Forrest Tucker, a real-life career criminal who was caught robbing banks 17 times. Each time he was jailed but managed to escape. Redford says, “To me, that was a wonderful character to play at this point in my life."