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Robert Redford writes off Bob Woodward

Bob Woodward’s been written off by Robert Redford, who played the Watergate sleuth in “All the President’s Men.” Speaking Tuesday at an LA screening of his latest movie, “The Company You Keep,” Redford told how he first became intrigued with Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post reporters whose digging ultimately led to the resignation of President Nixon in 1974. “When I read an article about them, I realized one was a Jew and one was a WASP,” Redford recalled, reports The Post’s LA correspondent Richard Johnson. “One guy was a Republican, the other was a radical; one guy was a very good writer, the other wasn’t so good. They didn’t like each other, but they had to work together. I thought, ‘Wow, that’s fascinating, that’s a great story.’ ” The pair collaborated on three books. But Woodward has since had greater success as an author — with 13 books to his credit, compared to Bernstein’s three — though Bernstein’s always had the reputation of being the better writer. As for Nixon, FishbowlLA blogger Richard Horgan reports that Redford instantly disliked Tricky Dicky when the future president presented the 13-year-old Redford with an athletic award in 1950. “I didn’t know who he was,” Redford said. “He was just a guy in a suit. When Nixon handed me the award and shook my hand, it was just a vibe. I thought, ‘I don’t like this guy.’ ” Redford’s new film also stars Shia LaBeouf, Stanley Tucci, Anna Kendrick and Susan Sarandon.