Steve McQueen’s Ford Mustang in 1968’s “Bullitt” and Burt Reynolds’ Pontiac Trans Am from 1977’s “Smokey and the Bandit” are two of the more famous muscle cars in movie history.

It was two years after Burt Reynolds and Sally Field starred in the box office hit, "Smokey and the Bandit." "Navigating fame at 18 years old was quite a trick," Schneider admitted.

While the Smokey and the Bandit frontman’s star faded throughout the decade, that pair continued making profitable films into the 2020s. By his own admission, Reynolds was stuck in a predicament of ...