Burt Reynolds after he posed naked in the April 1972 issue of "Cosmopolitan". Reynolds said he did it for "a kick. I have a strange sense of humor" and because he knew he had "Deliverance" coming out. He later expressed regret for posing for Cosmopolitan. "Deliverance" was a huge commercial and critical success and, along with the talk show appearances, helped establish Reynolds as a star. "The night of the Academy Awards, I counted a half-dozen Burt Reynolds jokes," he later said. "I had become a household name, the most talked-about star at the award show." He was then in "Fuzz" (1972),
Ned Beatty and voiced the main antagonist Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in "Toy Story 3" (2010). In 2011, Beatty worked with actor Johnny Depp and director Gore Verbinski in the computer-animated film "Rango" (2011), again, playing the role of the antagonist. He appeared briefly in the film "Funny Guy" and in the film "Rampart" (2011), opposite Woody Harrelson, which is set in 1999 Los Angeles. Beatty also appeared at the sitcom television series "Go On" (2013), opposite Matthew Perry, portraying Coach Spence in episode 16. Beatty's next film was "The Big Ask" (2013), a dark comedy about three couples who head to the desert