Bob Woodward, the journalist played by Robert Redford in the 1976 corruption exposé All the President’s Men, has paid tribute to the actor who died on Tuesday, saying he was “a noble and principled force for good”.

In a statement posted on social media , Woodward said that Redford and he had been friends for 50 years and that he “admired him – for his friendship, his fiery independence, and the way he used any platform he had to help make the world better, fairer, brighter for others”.

Woodward said Redford played a key role in exposing the events of the Watergate scandal, saying that the actor had “urged Carl Bernstein and myself to tell the Watergate story through the eyes and experiences of our reporting”, resulting in the publication of their book All the President’s Men in June 1

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