Clint Eastwood, after Sergio Leone
In the early 1970s, Clint Eastwood was the star of the modern Western, at the top after his roles in the Dollar Trilogy by Sergio Leone. A vigilante from the western plains, he also stands out in the contemporary register for his cult role as the irreverent cop Harry Callahan in Inspector Harry in 1971. He then holds the status of superstar who rises to the horse again in 1972 for Joe Kiddwestern directed by John Sturges.
Joe Kidd is a former adventurer and ruthless bounty hunter during the Mexican-American War. He is then hired by Franck Harlan, a landowner determined to find the leader of the Mexican peasant revolt, Louis Chama. However, determined to stay out of it, he soon changes his mind when Chama
Actor ill during filming
The production of Joe Kidd it wasn’t the easiest, with an often distracted and drunk director, which annoyed Clint Eastwood. But the actor also had another problem. In fact he was ill for a good part of the filming, a victim of bronchial infection and anxiety attacks. A condition that made him handicapped in some sequences, and whose symptoms close to those of an allergy have led some to think that Clint Eastwood was then horsephobic.
As it turns out, though, it appears to be just a legend, the persistence of which may come as a surprise given that Clint Eastwood spent some time in the saddle. Because as biographer Patrick McGilligan writes in Clint: The Life and Legend of Clint Eastwooda reference work on the actor and director, it is truly a infection not related to horses that Clint Eastwood suffered from during the filming of Joe Kidd.
Source: Cine Serie
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