Every Movie Role Clint Eastwood Turned Down
Clint Eastwood has turned down a few roles in his prolific career spanning over six decades. Eastwood has built his acting resume since 1959, starting with an uncredited part in Revenge of the Creature, a monster movie in the Black Lagoon series. Years later, his real success started with his part as Rowdy Yates in the TV series Rawhide. This role helped him reach truly legendary status with Italian director Sergio Leone casting him in the Dollars spaghetti westerntrilogy between 1964 and 1966, which ended with The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly. When westerns started weaning in popularity around the 1970s, Eastwood found success in the growing crime drama genre with the Dirty Harry franchise.
Clint Eastwood's extensive acting-directing career that continues to this day, however, sets him apart as a truly unique talent in Hollywood. His directorial debut, 1971's Play Misty for Me, earned him critical acclaim for his skills both in front of and behind the camera. This began his foray into starring and directing many of his films that include many of his most iconic roles: Bill Munny in Unforgiven, Frankie Dunn in Million Dollar Baby, Walt Kowalksi in Gran Torino, and, most recently, Mike Milo in Cry Macho. To date, he has 45 directorial credits to his name, starring in 29 of those credits. Some of his directed movies also star his son Scott Eastwood.
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Eastwood is known for his efficient, no-nonsense approach to filmmaking, which played an influence on which projects he chose. Sometimes, Eastwood had to reject parts due to his commitment to other projects. Also, while filmmakers ended up preferring different stars for some roles he was considered for,
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