He’s US TV royalty, Barbra Streisand’s other half, and has some seriously impressive hobbies – but even at 81, the Lightyear star still suffers from ‘collywobbles’
ames Brolin and I meet in a restaurant in Malibu, just down the road from his home, to share a loaf of delicious courgette bread and talk about his role in, the latest Toy Story offshoot – except, it turns out, Brolin isn’t allowed to discuss the movie yet. To have the ostensible object of conversation taken off the table would be, in most interviews, something of a disadvantage. But with Brolin, 81, it is a most fortuitous development because there is so much else to discuss.
In the UK, Brolin is probably best known for being the father of Josh Brolin and the husband of a little-known singer called Barbra Streisand, and he is more than fine with that, proudly mentioning both within the first 10 minutes of our conversation. This is a relief, because I worried beforehand how soon would be too soon to bring up La Streisand.
Does Streisand ever join him? “Oh no. She’ll say: ‘Jim, I’m not going with you!’” he says, doing a pretty good imitation of her. I learned about handling Barbra from my previous marriages, and we’ve been terrific. It’s been 25 years now. Brolin Sr had a steady career as a leading man in the 1970s and 80s in films such as Night of the Juggler and High Risk, all the while keeping all his other careers going, including car racing. He was asked to be in a race that was part of the famous Grand Prix of Long Beach, where celebrities race against professionals, and competed as a professional. “And I beat the celebrities, which was a big thing for me,” he says.
Before Streisand and her three houses came along, Brolin was married to the US actor Jan Smithers, the mother of his daughter Molly. She was his second wife, having previously been married to Jane Agee, the mother of his two sons. He and Smithers divorced after a decade. “I learned about handling Barbra from my previous marriages, and we’ve been terrific. It’s been 25 years now.
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