The actor John Wayne was blackmailed into firing: “Either you star or I’m out”
He could have done without the headache.
John Wayne Archives: 10/2025
The one movie John Wayne said “threw acid on the American way of life”
“Smears the machinery of government for no purpose of humour or enlightenment.”
The only actor John Wayne was banned from talking to on set: “We couldn’t say a single word”
On a movie he wasn’t even in.
The moment John Wayne almost came to blows with his ‘True Grit’ co-star in pursuit of an Oscar
A classic of the genre.
The “vicious treatment” on set that made John Wayne’s co-star “go to the bathroom and vomit”
He didn’t even do anything.
John Wayne’s five best movies, according to John Wayne
Refused to admit ‘True Grit’ as one of his finest.
The “son of a bitch” army veteran John Wayne wanted to kick off set: “I’ll take him and boot him”
‘The Duke’ wasn’t one to suffer fools.
The one performance John Wayne always regretted: “I was useless in the goddamn picture”
And he knew it from the start.