After all, it was the tearjerkerLove Storythat made O’Neal a star and earned him his sole Oscar nomination.

She winks at the move, telling him, “I think you dropped something.”

This practiced chaos is a deceptively difficult art, one that requires both intense focus and a joyful abandon.

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'

Barbra Streisand and Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'.Silver Screen Collection/Getty

“I mocked it,” O’Nealtold EW of the line in 2021.

“I didn’t hurt it.

But I mocked it.”

Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'

Ryan O’Neal in ‘What’s Up, Doc?'.Stanley Bielecki Movie Collection/Getty

O’Neal only got the chance to play a role like this once, and that’s our loss.

That’s all there is to it, folks.

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