Yelaston’s star – the only actor who, if, did not venture to face Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood – a man from a few words – at least he tries to be. That’s what makes its appearance It is sad that earlier the TV series “inside the actors studio”, which was conducted by the deceased, the great James Lipton, such a riveting. In the current, where Liptan urged respondents to be open and unhappy, Eastwood often resisted the master’s attempts to find parallels between his private and professional life. This is an incredibly friendly conversation, but Istwood gives Liptan to know when he is ready to move on or miss, the topic he doesn’t discuss. (Asked if he was a “lonely child”, the star laughs and shoots back, “is this psychiatric course?”)

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The transition was the main theme to Eastwood Life. When he was a young man, his father said to him, “You either progress or break up,” a philosophy, which the star has long been noticed as an actor and director. Istwood never had many trucks for artistic indulgence. Homing up your skill as a performer for eight seasons Western “raw materials” television On the CBS (which took place from 1959 to 1965), Eastwood became accustomed to knock out one episode a week. There was only so much time to get started with the script, which gave the actors a little space to modulate their reflection. Once you were at the exhibition more than the season, everyone on the set expect you to know your hero so well that the performance is essentially the second character.

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When Istwood started the films director in 1971 with a skillful tense fracture “Play for me”, he adhered to himself and his actors to the same level of training. Provided Istwood believes to take That’s all you need. And then, yes, it’s time to move on.

This is the same as it has always been with Eastwood, and it does not make exceptions – even if you have the biggest star in Hollywood at the moment.

The actors who have worked with Eastwood in the past believe that its advantage to one reception (even firing rehearsal) is really about the work to be done in time. This is partly because Istwood is a great family man who likes to shoot movies next to home 60 or 70 relatives In his orbit for several months – he wants his acting and crew to be put in a regular eight hours (unlike hard hours, which were often experienced in the film). So everyone can go home, have dinner with their loved ones and sleep.

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In the ESquire 2012 profile Istwood, Matt Damon, who was shot at “Invictus” and “Next”, “You must ask him to take it on. And he goes:” Oh, we are good. “

In an interview with 2003 with DGA Quarterly (currently offline), Eastwood pushed away from this perception of his directorial equipment. As he told the magazine:

“Everyone continues to say, ‘Well, he just accepts.” Even if it was true, I don’t like the reputation. I don’t think anyone likes this efficiency label. What I like is being effective with stories. For me, everything I need to do. I don’t save.

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Given this, I am not sure that the effectiveness of the story was the main thing in his mind when he collided with Kevin Kostner on the set of the “perfect world”.

The “perfect world” was The next entry into Eastwood in 1993. “Unset”, For which he won the Academy awards for the best picture and the best director. The film was already a big deal before Istwood threw Kevin Kostner (who won the best shot and the best director for the 1990s “Dancing with Wolves”) to shoot as a killer who escapes from prison and steal a young boy. Although this character is a truly dangerous killer, he gradually forms a connection with the child, which requires a high -wire emotional act from Costner.

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Initially, Istwood did not want to control the “perfect world”, but Kostner, who sought to share the screen with the Hollywood legend, convinced him to take over. Obviously, Kostner did not make a homework for shooting, as he soon found a trademark of Eastwood’s “go” Etos anathema to his work.

All this came to mind when Kostner left the ready to view Eastwood, waiting because he needs more time to prepare. Istwood did not ask twice. The director addressed the crew member and said, “Find him extra, and put his shirt on him.”

The scene required only Kostner to go through the field, so Istwood could easily (and as never before) get what he needed without his star. It was at this point that Kostner left his trailer and told Eastwood that he was ready to shoot. “It doesn’t matter,” Istwood told him. “We go on.” When the stunned Kostner asked if he shot the scene from his extra, Istwood replied: “I am paid for the burning of the film.”

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Moving quickly moving and perfectionist Kostner turned out to be bad in the picture, but together they made an absolutely great movie. It is very unlikely that they will work together again, but if they did it, perhaps the older and the wise Boostner would be more susceptible to the approach of Eastwood, that he spent his own money on his still western “Horizon: American Saga.” If nothing else, move on, does the job.