With the NFL’s return merging with the final month of regular season MLB, this is a magical time of year for sports fans, though there are more than enough great sports movies to keep that magic going throughout the whole year. One such baseball-focused classic film is Ron Shelton’s Bull Durham , whose stars Susan Sarandon and Kevin Costner just reunited 36 years after it hit theater screens. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the two Hollywood icons didn’t cross paths for anything related to America’s greatest pastime, but rather for a good cause related to the cinema-driven nonprofit Better World Fund.
The organization held an event timed with the Venice Film Festival, with both Sarandon and Costner serving as the guests of honor, and it looks like they were able to share at least a few moments catching up, on top of all the photo ops and further publicity. Susan Sarandon shared her appreciation for the nonprofit on Instagram while also voicing her appreciation to talk to her Bull Durham co-star. As she put it: Such a honor to receive an award from this great organization @better_world_fund And a double treat to spend time with the other honoree and my dear friend, @kevincostner Can’t wait to see the premiere of @horizonamericansaga 2 tomorrow ❤️ Like a champ, the Oscar-winning actress didn’t even namecheck their 1988 rom-com when tagging Costner, but instead referenced the world premiere of his western Horizon: An American Saga ’s second chapter, which lost its rele.