No One Believed These Burt Reynolds Stories

Burt Reynolds spent decades telling stories so unbelievable they sounded made up. He turned down James Bond and Pretty Woman, lost millions after becoming Hollywood’s biggest box-office star, hated the movie that earned his only Oscar nomination, and claimed he nearly drowned filming Deliverance. But how much of it was actually true? We investigated eight of Burt Reynolds’ wildest stories — and some turned out to be even crazier than he claimed.