14 DAY TRIAL // It’s never too late to start joining the cool kids at Comic Con, it would seem. Legendary actor Burt Reynolds, now 79, made his debut at an event of this type over the weekend, at the Wizard World Comic Con, to promote his second autobiography, “But Enough About Me.”
He addressed fans and he kindly signed autographs and posed for pictures, but it was his incredibly frail figure that got the most attention. Some media outlets are even saying that he was in no condition for this kind of tiresome public appearance.
Burt Reynolds looks frail, fans worry
You can see a photo of the actor at the event above, with more available over at the Daily Mail. Burt Reynolds is now 79 years old and he’s had his share of health issues in recent years, and that’s why fans and the media found his appearance too frail not to worry.
The actor appeared thin and somewhat sickly, and particularly fragile. He walked with a cane.
Even so, he still took part in a Q&A on his presence at the event and on why he had decided to write his second book (it’s still a work in progress, it would seem), and what it meant to him to still be working, after so many decades of being in the industry.
Burt Reynolds may be old and frail, but he’s still got it
First things first: the actor told the media that he decided to write “But Enough Me” so he could set the record straight on his many alleged romantic liaisons with some of the most beautiful women in showbiz, People magazine reports.
He wanted the public to hear his side of the story as well, but also to get to know a side of him that he rarely revealed, if at all. Considering he’s been working in the industry for so long and has had a tumultuous life, reminiscing wasn’t as easy, he jokingly lamented to the audience.
In the end, Reynolds hopes the fans will appreciate the effort, since he did it for them.
“I think it's a good time to find out what it’s all about,” he said. “I always enjoy talking to fans and I'm usually very pleased with their curiosity about my career, what I'm doing, what I'm not doing, and why I'm not doing more.”
Here’s a video of the actor signing autographs for fans on the occasion, the 2015 edition of the Wizard World Comic Con.