He is one of the last living legends in Hollywood: Clint Eastwood (“Mystic River”). He wrote film history not only as an actor, but also as a director and producer. He won a total of four Academy Awards for ‘Unmerciful’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby’. Eastwood is now over 90, but even in old age the old master continues to make films – ‘Juror #2’ would be his farewell work.
The fact that Eastwood is mainly associated with a rather reserved stoicism has something to do not only with his roles, but also with the stories that other stars tell about the ‘Two Glorious Scoundrels’ sharpshooter. For example, Bradley Cooper had a rather unpleasant encounter with Eastwood. More on this can be found here:
‘Almost Famous’ creator Cameron Crowe once explained in an interview that Eastwood is also quite enthusiastic and even seems capable of superlatives (via ). In a conversation with Eastwood, he is said to have ennobled Tom Cruise with the utmost praise:
“I met Clint Eastwood once. I asked him about Chris Penn, who he worked with on Pale Rider. “We were talking about what a great guy Chris Penn was and for some reason we came up with Tom Cruise,” Crowe said. Eastwood went on to declare that Tom Cruise is the actor who will still be talked about 100 years from now: “He will tower above everyone else,” Eastwood said, according to Crowe.
While Cameron Crowe would collaborate with Tom Cruise twice (on “Jerry Maguire – Game of Life” and “Vanilla Sky”) and could understand Eastwood’s praise, it has never happened (until now) that Cruise and Eastwood to collaborate. made. But in 2012, it almost happened because Eastwood wanted to stage a new edition of ‘A Star Is Born’ – starring the ‘Mission: Impossible’ hero himself. Unfortunately, as we know today, nothing came of that.