Clint Eastwood: “I was crazy enough to try anything” … this West remains one of its greatest regret

Clint Eastwood and the West are one. At the same time, there is a genre film that the actor-director bitterly regrets that he had to go from the cowboy to singer Kovbo, and that’s where he regrets.

In an interview with Empire in 2017, 48 years after the film’s release, Clint Eastwood He said that he was still ashamed of being playing in West Karmes (1969) by Joshua Logan, a musical West, adapted to a successful part of Broadway.

Feature films in California, in the rush of gold. Ben Rumson (Lee Marvin), an alcoholic and brake pioneer, joining the forces with a young and romantic young farmer, Pardner, Clint Eastwood. In search of the golden vein, they have the right to earn money. Then two men are friends, but they are struggling to look for women in the region. Then they settled in No Nape City, where Ben fell in love with Belle Elizabeth (Jean Sebberg), auctioned by his wife Mormon and buys it. Everything is complicated when Pardner, in turn, comes from a charming young woman and begins to court …

So we are dealing with a love triangle, cowboys and songs, the addition of a slightly shaded plot for women, etc. – And at least we can say that this is … original! The problem, first and foremost, none of the actors received vocal training before making a movie, and their ballads are more like “sad and lonely sadness” than according to a collider.

“” “I was crazy enough to know something. I was always interested in music, my father was a singer and I had some knowledge. Even what I was doing on this movie did not sing“Said Clint Eastwood. But what was first and foremost was that this feature had to be established by interethnic romance. However, after many revision of the script, the concept has changed completely.

“” “Much lighter, it just didn’t have the original script dynamics. And it was one of those long shots …“Indeed, for copying, production problems slowed the shooting that lasted for six months and that exceeded its budget.” ”It wasn’t as a pleasant experience as I used to be accustomed to“, Concluded an actor who even tried to stop everything along the road

He ran away with another shot!

Knowing that it didn’t work for him, Clint Eastwood He really tried to leave wisely, then start a new shot.

“” “I was shooting When the eagles were attackedAnd they took the plane and convinced me that I was back“He admitted.

Even today, the views on one and the only musical from the filmography Clint Eastwood Always divided: For some it is a cult film (and the pleasure of guilty), for others, it must be forgotten.

Anyway, Western Fair is available on Paramount+.

We invite you (again) to discover an extract from the film in which we can hear Clint Eastwood singing!