Trivia of Paul Newman

Trivia of Paul Newman

*Early in his acting career, he was often mistaken for Marlon Brando. He claims to have signed around 500 autographs reading, "Best wishes, Marlon Brando".

*Was so ashamed of his debut in the failed costume drama The Silver Chalice (1954), that he took out an ad in Variety apologizing for his performance. Years later, he was presented with the Golden Turkey Award for the Most Embarrassing Movie Debut of All Time for his performance in The Silver Chalice (1954). His response was that he fully agreed with the award.

*Newman had a love for racing. His love for racing came about when he was preparing for a film, Winning (1969). This lesser-known film ignited this new passion.He won his first racing victory in Connecticut in 1972. Four years later he won the sports car club of America. In 1977 he became a professional racer.

*Often said that of all the films he had performed in, Slap Shot (1977) was the most fun and his personal favorite.

*Like his dear friend Robert Redford, both men had firstborn sons named Scott who predeceased their fathers.

*Owned the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp, a summer camp for children with cancer and other blood-related diseases (and their siblings) in Ashford, Connecticut, and also ran a fall "Discovery" program for inner city kids, also in Ashford.

*His love of race cars saw him included in the film Cars. His role is Doc. Hudson is a retired race car. This was his final nondocumentary role. When Cars 3 came up 9 years after his death, his voice was used in it.