Inside Robert Redford’s first acting role in 6 years — and the 1 thing he was ‘adamant’ about

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his first on-screen appearance in six years during the Season 3 premiere of “Dark Winds” (currently airing Sundays at 9 p.m.

on AMC and AMC+). The episode’s director, Chris Eyre, exclusively took The Post inside Redford’s rare taping. “He was adamant that – I remember distinctly him saying, ‘Whatever Chris wants.’ As we said, ‘How do you want this, and how should we do this?’ [Redford] just kept saying, ‘Whatever Chris wants,'” Eyre recalled.In 1995, at the beginning of Eyre’s career, the director recalled being in the Sundance labs with Redford – who co-founded Sundance Institute, including the film festival, in 1981. “He has always been generous,” Eyre said about the “All the President’s Men” star. “I think what he wanted was to give me that right as a director and a filmmaker.”Along with George R.

R. Martin, 76, who wrote the books on which “Game of Thrones” is based, Redford has been an executive producer on “Dark Winds” since the show first premiered in 2022.

Starring Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon, “Dark Winds” is a crime drama set in the ‘70s about Navajo Tribal Police officers.