Unspoken here was that Redford got married like a week before he turned 22 and stayed married for almost 30 years. The Graduate wouldn’t have been casting until he was a 30yo parent with 9 years of marriage under his belt. He might really have had no clue, and not just because he was too handsome
Redford is wrong for the movie we got, where they played Ben as this nebbishy dork, but he's good casting the book character who is good looking and athletic & that's why Mrs Robinson is attracted to him. And at the wedding, Ben is unhinged because he's never lost a girl. Redford could've done that.
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