Posts from markgpl in thread „Rawhide (1959-1966)“

Quote from ethanedwards

Hi may2,

Interestingly Clint began filming
A Fistful of Dollars, in 1964 while on a summer break from Rawhide.
Apparently he took with him, and wore the same boots,
shirt and gun grips that he wore on the series.
He got the role after practically every other
cowboy actor in Hollywood had turned it down.

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I had read somewhere that Clint wasn't too keen on the role originally either (he eventually took it on for a $15,000 paycheck after James Coburn either turned it down outright or Sergio Leone wouldn't budge on th $25,000 that Coburn was asking for).

But Clint's wife persuaded him to take on the role saying that at worst, they would enjoy a modest paycheck coupled with a summer vacation in Italy and Spain (where the exterior shots were filmed).

So Clint acquiesced and the rest is history as they say..!!

Quote from ethanedwards

Another childhood favourite, but to me,
not as great as the ones, already mentioned.
Ironically, Clint Eastwood was critiscized in this series,
and critic felt he would go no futher.
Great knowledgeable critics, heh!!!!

Hi Keith:

I agree with you - not as good as many of the other classic westerns that were previously mentioned, but no one can deny that it had one of the classic theme songs which 50 odd years later, I can still sing word-for-word..!!

Your comment about the critics and Clint Eastwood was funny - wouldn't you love to be a fly on the wall when these same critics, for example, got together over a beer with the numerous people who turned down The Beatles when they were shopping around for a record label back in 1962 or 1963.becasue they thought they would never amount to anything..:teeth_smile: