It was an offer she definitely refused … twice!
Barbra Streisand revealed in her upcoming novel, “My Name is Barbra,” that screen legend Marlon Brando once propositioned her for sex prior to becoming close friends.
Streisand, 81, opens her new memoir by detailing the time that Brando, who died in 2004 at the age of 80, approached the “Funny Girl” actress at a party in 1966 and told her “I’d like to f–k you.”
According to an excerpt from the novel, which was obtained by Vanity Fair, Brando’s wife at the time, a retired French Polynesian actress by the name of Tarita Teriʻipaia, was also at the party in an adjoining room.
Despite her initial rejection, the “Godfather” star refused to back down and asked the “Yentl” star once again while the pair were taking a drive in the 1970s.
“He wanted to go to the desert to see the wildflowers,’’ Streisand told Page Six in 2012 during an advance screening of “The Guilt Trip.”
“He wanted to stay overnight,” Streisand noted, adding that she refused the offer.
Despite being rejected twice by the “A Star is Born” actress, the pair remained friends.
The Post reached out to Streisand for comment.
In another chapter of her book, the legendary singer reportedly revealed that she fought to get “The Great Gatsby” star Robert Redford, 87, to join the 1973 romance film “The Way We Were.”
“Bob is that rare combination… an intellectual cowboy… a charismatic star who is also one of the finest actors of his generation,” wrote Streisand. “But like my husband, he’s almost apologetic about his looks, and I liked that about him.”
“So I wanted Redford for Hubbell. But he turned it down,” claimed the “Hello, Dolly” star, adding that she turned to director Sydney Pollack, a Redford pal, for help.
“I have to give Sydney credit,” she confessed. “He was as persistent as I was, because we both felt that only Redford would make the picture work.”
Streisand also reveals that Redford’s onboarding process was not easy.
“Bob was concerned that the script was so focused on Katie that Hubbell’s character was underdeveloped,” explained Streisand. “Bob asked Sydney, ‘Who is this guy? He’s just an object… He doesn’t want anything. What does this guy want?’ In Bob’s opinion, he was ‘shallow and one-dimensional. Not very real.’ ‘A pin-up girl in reverse,’ as Sydney put it.”
The “All Night Long” star then recommended to Pollack, who died in 2008 at the age of 73, to give Redford what he wanted.
“Give him anything he wants,” Streisand advised. “Write more scenes to strengthen his character. Make it equal.”
Redford’s concerns about his character were not the only thing holding him back from agreeing on the project.
In the 2023 book “The Way They Were: How Epic Battles and Bruised Egos Brought a Classic Hollywood Love Story to the Screen” by Robert Hofler, it was revealed that Redford was concerned about Streisand’s reputation.
“She has never been tested,” Redford allegedly told Pollack about Streisand. “Her reputation is as a very controlling person. She will direct herself. It’ll never work.”
Redford was also reportedly concerned that Streisand would sing, and he did not “want her to sing in the middle of the movie.”
“My Name Is Barbra” is set to hit bookstores Nov. 7.
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