Cinematographic activity is prey to IF. What if James Cameron had done “Spider-Man?” And if CBS had not exercised his “Magnum Pi” contract on Tom Selleck and authorized Steven Spielberg to obtain his first choice for the role of Indiana Jones in “Raiders of the Lost Ark?” What if Sylvester Stallone had played Axel Foley in “Beverly Hills Cop?”
We have no idea if these possibilities of alternative chronology would have worked better than what we have obtained, but it is fun to think about what could have been. These questions also remind us of how volatile studio projects can be. There is a huge element of luck that goes in all creative efforts. You might think that you have a great director, a script not to be missed and a row of a casting of a casting, but then you will shoot the film and you find yourself with “Hook”. There is no guarantee.
No one knows it better than Clint Eastwood. The star of the revolutionary “dollars trilogy” and “Dirty Harry” has bet strongly on apparently safe things to look at the dice appearing snake eyes. In 1984, he was twinned with his compatriot Superstar Burt Reynolds for the comedy of the cop from the time “City Heat”, but the film played in crickets in theaters and was shredded by critics. Six years later, he joined the young hot star Charlie Sheen for the exaggerated action film “The Rookie” and ended up making the worst film in his career.
Obviously, Eastwood should have said “no” to these two projects. But what about the moment he had the opportunity to make a massive war film that some people think they are the biggest film of all time, full?
Clint Eastwood did not want to be part of the apocalypse now
In a 2015 interview with Stephen Galloway, Eastwood was questioned at the time he refused “Apocalypse now”. Eastwood was already in his forties when the director Francis Ford Coppola approached him to play, to believe or not, Captain Willard, the role that was finally gone to Martin Sheen. I cannot see it at all, but Coppola’s creative instincts should not be doubted at the moment. After all, the man was detached from “The Godfather”, “La Conversation” and “The Godfather Part II”.
Eastwood couldn’t see it either. As he said to Galloway, “[I] Said ‘gee, I don’t know, I don’t really understand this show. I read “ Heart of Darkness ” when I was young, and so I knew in a way where it was going, but I said: “No, I don’t think I could leave for this time.
Funly, Eastwood also had to refuse Steve McQueen, who wanted to play Kurtz. According to Eastwood, “I said,” Well, why do you want to play this? “He says:” Well, I receive the same money, but I only have to work two weeks. ” “Eastwood agreed that it was a good deal for McQueen before refusing the game for the second time. The horrible “jack”).
