The one actor Gene Hackman knew was out of his league: “I could never be the man he was”
He’s still a legend.
John Wayne
The “lousy” actor John Wayne was forced to work with twice: “She was just a disaster”
Obviously, not his idea.
The John Wayne role Clint Eastwood admits is “one of his brilliant performances”
Meeting eye to eye.
The degrading role John Wayne admitted was a mistake: “The most ludicrous thing I’ve ever seen”
He talked his way out of it.
“Imagine what I could have done with that”: the actor John Wayne called “a waste of a face”
And he liked them, too.
The co-star who almost knocked out John Wayne: “I’m gonna clobber that son of a bitch”
Cooler heads prevailed.
