star Ali MacGraw (qv), and named her to the list in  1971. The other top 10 stars were 3. Steve McQueen, 4. Burt  Reynolds, 5. Robert Redford (I) (qv), 6. Barbra Streisand, 7.  Paul Newman (I) (qv), 8. Charles Bronson, 9. John Wayne, and 10.  Marlon Brando (qv). Thus, the only actors Kubrick could cast in  the role and receive Warners financial backing for his decidedly  noncommercial project were ONeal and Redford. The other Top 10  stars were too old or inappropriate for the role (particularly in  the case of #7, who would not assay a "male" role until  _Yentl (1983)_ (qv) in 1983). Both ONeal and Redford were  ethnically Irish, both had box office appeal, and both were young  enough to play the role, though Redford was five years older than  the 32