REDFORD READY FOR HIS CLOSE-UP AGAIN!

WRINKLY Robert Redford is tired of hearing rumors that he's got one foot in the grave — so the 88-year-old The Way We Were actor has launched a “revenge come-back” after six years off the Hollywood grid!

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The reclusive superstar shocked viewers when he turned up last month on the season premiere of AMC's hit thriller Dark Winds in a move he had shrouded in secrecy.

"Bob's out to prove that rumors of his demise have been greatly exaggerated," jokes a source close to the star.

Redford and Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin, both exec producers of the series, made a surprise cameo playing chess-playing cellmates.