Long before the flashbulbs, before the tuxedos, before the standing ovations... he was a penniless young man chasing a dream that had nothing to do with Hollywood. In a gripping 2016 interview, Robert Redford opened up about those early years spent hitchhiking across Europe, revealing the original career path that almost stopped him from becoming a silver screen legend. In a candid conversation with Walker Art, the beloved actor dropped a bombshell about a night in France, sleeping rough on a beach, steps away from cinema royalty, years before life catapulted him to global stardom. "I was 18 or 19, and I was in Europe, living hand to mouth, staying in youth hostels, and hitchhiking from here to there," Redford recounted. "I was leaving Paris. I was on my way to Florence, Italy, to go to a

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