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A Farewell to One of Cinema’s Coolest

A belated farewell to one of cinema’s finest. 

Paul Newman was known for his “cool” style, but never fit the Hollywood mold.  He chose roles based on his personal interests and the challenge he thought the role would provide, rather than the paycheck.   One may argue that he wasn’t a pauper, but I think it is more of a case of “Do What you Love; the money will come.”

Secondly, he and Joanne Woodward married in 1958, and were only seperated by Newman’s recent death.  They met while starring in a stage production together, which is not uncommon for actors.  What was uncommon was that the chose to keep their home life private and their children out of the spotlight so that their family life could be relatively normal.  

(A little trivia footnote: Paper Moon was to originally star Paul Newman and daughter, who was known on screen as Nell Potts.  We know her today as Nell Newman of Newman’s Own.   The director changed, and Paul Newman withdrew his daughter when the direction of the film changed.  Ryan and Tatum O’Neal replaced them.)

Maybe modern Hollywood should take cues from them.  “Too Much Information” doesn’t a long marriage make.