Extreme Mortman: What's It Like for Robert Redford to Play You in a Movie? Bob Woodward Has Answers

Hollywood legend Robert Redford didn't just make movies. He also spoke at the National Press Club. Where he talked about his movies. Like "All the President's Men."

"We had some people within the Post that were unflagging in their cooperation, like Bob Woodward. He was -- you know he may have had something to gain in it, but he was incredibly cooperative, even against the heat of his own paper. And it was through Bob and Carl -- their notes, we were able to construct a lot of the screenplay from because I wasn't able to get enough information from the original screenplay. So, we went back with them and just took all their notes and constructed a lot of the dramatic scenes from their notes."

That was Robert Redford at the National Press Club in September 1994.

The actor's recent death had many media and political junkies remembering that movie about the Washington Post and Watergate.

And likely a few questions came to mind:

• What did Bob Woodward and his colleagues say "All the President's Men" got right - and what did the movie get wrong?

• What else did Robert Redford himself say about the Washington Post, Bob Woodward — and his Academy Award-winning movie?

• And a question few Americans ever have had the chance to consider: What did Bob Woodward think of Robert Redford playing him?

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