Katharine Ross: Fame, Five Marriages, and Her Lasting Love With Sam Elliott

Her favorite part of filming Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was reportedly the quiet bicycle sequence with Paul Newman. Most of it was handled by the second-unit crew rather than director George Roy Hill.

She later remarked that any day away from Hill was a good one, reflecting the tension that developed between them during production. Despite that conflict, the playful sequence would become one of the film’s most enduring moments.