News about Ronny Cox

The 'backwoods banjo boy' of deliverance is unrecognizable more than 50 years since the film premiered, having left the film industry and moved to odd jobs in order to make ends meet

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 30, 2023
Billy Redden, 66, the banjo-playing teen star of the 1972 thriller film Deliverance, seems to be unrecognizable more than five decades after the film was released as he returns to showbiz. He came to fame as a young boy in the 'backwoods' who stunned everybody with his banjo skills. Since being cast in the film, he turned his back on Hollywood and the banjo as he now takes on a number of roles to make ends meet and looks nothing like he did when he first came to fame over 50 years ago.

In Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, Eddie Murphy slips into Axel Foley's for scene with Taylour Paige

www.dailymail.co.uk, September 1, 2022
Eddie Murphy is bringing one of his favorite film characters out of retirement for one of Beverly Hills' most thrilling ride. In the forthcoming film Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, the actor and comedian's return to form is Axel Foley. Murphy was caught filming a car scene in the upscale Los Angeles neighborhood on Wednesday with co-star Taylour Paige, and principal photography for the film only started days ago.