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Clint Eastwood has one strict rule every actor must follow on his sets – just ask Kevin Costner!
Scott Eastwood recently shared insights into what it is like working in Hollywood as the son of iconic filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Growing up, Scott regularly visited movie sets during summer breaks, getting a firsthand look at how his father directs and manages a feature film.
During an appearance on the August 3 episode of the Armchair Expert podcast with host Dax Shepard, Scott detailed his father's quiet and composed approach on set.
He noted that his dad is "very calm and even keeled and doesn't raise his voice ever" while working with cast and crew.
However, maintaining a calm environment does not mean the director lacks strict expectations. Scott revealed that his father demands total presence from everyone involved in a project, expecting actors to stay focused and accessible throughout production.
To demonstrate his father's mindset, Scott recounted a story involving Kevin Costner during the production of the 1993 drama A Perfect World. At the time, Costner was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
"Kevin Costner, sort of going through maybe the Kevin Costner rise to fame and maybe got a big ego..." Scott said. "Apparently Kevin wouldn't come out of his trailer for some reason."
That choice ran directly counter to Clint Eastwood's working style, as Scott explained that his father "doesn't do trailers and things,".
Describing his father's philosophy, Scott said: "He's like 'Just be on set. You want to learn how to make movies? You want to learn how to do this? You stay here with everybody else and you make the damn movie'."
Instead of waiting for the actor or offering special treatment, Clint simply told the production crew to send Costner home for the day, even though he was needed for the scene. The straightforward action sent a clear message. "I think the next day he was on set, ready to go," Scott joked.
Reflecting on the broader culture of Hollywood, Scott noted that there is "a lot of insecurity that comes with acting sometimes". He added: "Because they're so insecure about their performance or what they're doing that then they overcompensate with this like confidence or fake bravado and it's an ugly cycle because you're like: 'Hey man, just me nice and cool'."
Scott admitted that he has "never felt like [he] fit in" in the film industry and "still" does not, even though he "loves the act of storytelling". He shared that he prefers to focus on the work rather than "intellectualizing about it [or] having long talks about acting". He noted: "That doesn't mean I don't put in reps in the gym,".
That approach directly mirrors his father's practical advice. Scott recalled: "My dad was never one to intellectualize about it. He was like: 'Just go tell the truth, man. Figure it out. Come prepared. Do the job. get the hell out. There's other things outside the industry that are interesting'. "
By focusing on showing up and doing the work, Scott built his career on dedication rather than ego: "[...] And then you start working and you realise it's more about doing the work and living in a hotel room across the globe and it doesn't really matter at the end of the day. You've got to do the work."
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Scott Eastwood took aim at one of his co-stars after they dropped out of a film mid-production, with no warning.
The Fury actor, 40, didn't hold back during a June episode of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, explaining why he was so irked by one of his peers.
When describing the mystery actor, he called them a "piece of s**t" after they dropped out of the production.
Unfortunately for those who like to be clued into celebrity drama, he didn't reveal who it was.
He explained that they "just left," with the actor adding: “It was their directorial, their story, their thing. And it was just like, bro, you took money from somebody.”
Eastwood, who has previously opened up on the tragic loss of his girlfriend, is a fairly open book when it comes to Hollywood stars.
The son of Clint Eastwood explained the situation to Rogan, recalling: “I just worked with somebody and, without saying any names, people get too famous for too long and think the world owes them something.”
He went on: “They decided after we’d already spent a bunch of money that they just didn’t want to work with this other person and didn’t want to do the job,
“I was like, ‘OK, then you need to pay that money back to the person who invested in you.’ They were like, ‘I’m not gonna do that.’”
He said that the situation was “shocking” and “unbelievable,” adding, “It’s black and white. Do the right thing. Don’t be a piece of s**t. You can’t do that.
“I’ve seen some behavior in this business that is shocking,” Eastwood stated.
“That would not go in other industries, but for some reason because they’re stars, right?”
Reflecting more on the entertainment industry, he said that it can be "really ugly" behind the scenes.
The Regretting You star also admitted: “I love telling stories and when we’re doing a creative endeavor, and you move people, whether you’ll make them laugh, make them cry, whatever.”
The actor also opened up about his father, a Hollywood legend in his own right.
He described the 96-year-old as “a put-your-boots-on, go-to-work man” who left his job “at the door.”
He previously told Treats! magazine in March 2015 that his dad gave him some useful advice for his career, which was: “Whatever you do, do it well. Be humble, work hard and be a man.”
Scott, who is one of seven children, claimed that his dad didn't care what industry they got into, as long as they worked hard.
He explained: “I didn’t get in this to be famous,
“I grew up loving my father’s work, loving movies and telling stories, wanting to be a part of that.”
Scott Eastwood has opened up about the devastating loss of his late girlfriend, Jewel Brangman, revealing how her death in a crash involving a defective airbag continues to affect him years later.
Speaking on a recent episode of the Armchair Expert podcast, the actor reflected on the tragedy, explaining that Brangman died in 2014 after what he believes should have been a relatively minor car accident.
"We were together for three or four years," Eastwood said. "They had a recall on the airbag and what would've been a fender bender that probably most people would've survived... she was essentially shot by the airbag."
At the time of the accident, Eastwood was away filming a movie, leaving him unable to immediately return home.
"I was on another film set at the time," he recalled. "And being on a film set when someone passes or something happens, it's really tough."
The 40-year-old explained that it was not the first time he had experienced the loss of someone close while working.
"This had happened before, I had lost Paul Walker on Fury," he said, referring to the actor's death in a 2013 car crash while Eastwood was filming the 2014 war movie.
"He was one of my close friends. When you're on a film set, you don't have time to grieve because the show must go on."
Eastwood, the son of the Hollywood veteran Clint Eastwood and Jacelyn Reeves, said the demands of filming meant he had little choice but to continue working.
"You can't fly home," he said. "You're stuck because you've gotta work."
Instead, he admitted he pushed his emotions aside after receiving the news.
"I got the call actually during a filming day and I think I did a classic defense mechanism of, 'Just punt that to later. Compartmentalize that 'til later,'" he explained. "[It was] brutal having to deal with that and then not being able to go through that."
Looking back, Eastwood believes delaying his grief wasn't the healthiest approach.
"I grieved later," he said. "And that's not a great thing because I think you do want to grieve with the people that are around that you didn't know that were a part of their lives, as well. I think that's an important part of the grieving process."
The actor had previously spoken publicly about Brangman's death during an interview with GQ Australia in 2016.
"I dated a girl a couple of years ago who died in a car accident," he said at the time. "There was a recall on airbags. Her airbag exploded. It shot a projectile through her body. It split her spine, and um ... I've never told anybody that."
He continued: "I've lost friends before; I've lost some great friends. But, I had never lost someone I had been really intimate with, you know, like in that way, in a relationship."
Eastwood also acknowledged that the tragedy changed how he approached relationships.
"I think that really affected me in a way that ... I don't know," he admitted. "Maybe it's made it harder for me to date."
Mrs. Doubtfire child star Matthew Lawrence says he refrained from taking drugs following advice he was given by Robin Williams, who played his on-screen father.
In the hit 1993 comedy, Williams played a divorced father of three who disguises himself as an old lady in order to convince his ex-wife (played by Sally Field) to hire him as the children's nanny - all so that he can spend time with them.
Over the weekend, Lawrence - who played William's teenage son, Chris Hillard, in the film - appeared at the first-ever '90s Con and spoke about his late co-star.
Per People, Lawrence, now 42, recalled Williams telling him: "'Don't ever do drugs. Especially cocaine.' He was very serious. He was like, 'You know when you come to my trailer and you see me like that?' He's like, 'That's the reason why.'
"And now I'm fighting for the rest of my life because I spent 10 years doing something very stupid every day. Do not do it.' I stayed away from it because of him."
He continued: "He was the first adult who really let me in on his condition. Like, full-on let me in. I mean, as bright as he was on camera — I would go visit him in his trailer to talk to him — it was painful for him. It's really painful for him. He didn't hide it. He talked to me about it."
Lawrence credits Williams, who died at 63 in 2014 by suicide, with "gifting" him this now-decades-old piece of advice.
The actor also said the Jumanji star was one of the reasons he was given the role of Chris Hillard in the first place. In fact, the Boy Meets World star was "a hair away" from getting the part during casting.
He recalled: "There was another strong choice that everybody else wanted. The studio wanted this other boy ... I don't know who it was, I was only nine years old. But I did start to sense that something was up because there was like this little pause and little awkwardness and I was always the quiet one."
Over the weekend, Lawrence also reunited with his two on-screen siblings from the hit 90s movie.
In the movie, the children are played by Lisa Jakub (eldest daughter Lydia), Lawrence (son Chris), and
Mara Wilson (youngest daughter Natalie). Their chemistry as on-screen siblings shined through, and their incredible reactions to Williams' antics throughout the movie have helped cement the film as a beloved classic.
Wilson also took to Instagram to share a sweet snap of the on-screen siblings, with Wilson captioning her post: "Hilliard Family reunion at #90sCon".
Lawrence has continued acting, and has had multiple roles over the last three decades - appearing in hit shows like CSI: Miami, Hawaii Five-0, and the Disney spinoff, Girl Meets World.
Bruce Lee's daughter has said that she's "really f***ing tired of white men in Hollywood" sharing their portrayal of her legendary father.
In a guest column for the Hollywood Reporter on Friday (July 2), Shannon Lee hit back at Quentin Tarantino for his latest depiction and subsequent comments of the late Chinese-American martial artist and actor in the 2019 movie Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood.
The movie's fictional stuntman Cliff Booth (played by Brad Pitt) is challenged to a fight by Bruce Lee (Mike Moh) in the scene.
Watch the movie scene below:"I’m really f**ing tired of white men in Hollywood trying to tell me who Bruce Lee was," Lee - who is the chief executive of the Bruce Lee Family Co - writes.
"I've come across enough of them over the years (and not just in Hollywood) who want to mansplain Bruce Lee to me and use Bruce Lee when and how it suits them without acknowledging his humanity, his legacy, or his family in the process that a bit of a pattern has emerged," she adds.
"I'm… not saying that no one is allowed to have a negative opinion of Bruce Lee. I'm saying your opinion might be colored by personal or cultural bias, and that there's a pattern."
This comes after Tarantino spoke about the movie The Joe Rogan Experience podcast on Tuesday (June 29), to promote the movie's novelization.
Tarantino also took the opportunity to hit back at those who have been critical of its portrayal of Lee, saying that while he understood Shannon Lee "having a problem with it", he dismissed other critics by saying that it was accurate.
Lee biographer Matthew Polly, however, told Esquire that the scene "is not only completely inaccurate, it turns Lee into a disrespectful blowhard and jerk."
Shannon slammed the scene to the LA Times after its release, saying: "The script treatment of my father as this arrogant, egotistical punching bag was really disheartening - and, I feel, unnecessary."
Lee wrote that Tarantino's comments come at a particularly unwelcome time because of the increased discrimination Asian-Americans face in the wake of Covid-19, as per the Pew Research Centre.
"At a time when Asian Americans are being physically attacked, told to 'go home' because they are seen as not American, and demonized for something that has nothing to do with them," she wrote.
"I feel moved to suggest that Mr. Tarantino's continued attacks, mischaracterizations, and misrepresentations of a trailblazing and innovative member of our Asian American community, right now, are not welcome."
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson continues to come across as one of the nicest stars in Hollywood. After making the transition from WWE legend to star of the silver screen, he's now the highest paid actor in the world, according to Forbes.
But unlike many people who make it big, the 46-year-old has not forgotten his roots, and he has shared his many millions with his nearest and dearest.
Now, the actor has recently taken to Instagram to share the special moment he told his dad he was going to buy him a new house:
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A clearly emotional Dwayne said at the start of the video that he'd just finished "a great call" with his dad, Rocky Johnson - a legend in the professional wrestling world.
Dwayne then revealed that a few weeks ago, he'd offered to buy his dad a new home anywhere he wanted to live - an offer which he says left the 74-year-old "speechless".
And now that the WWE Hall of Famer is about to start looking at properties, he said to his son, "I'm so excited and I'm so nervous," Dwayne revealed. He explained that his father was "an old school tough guy" and that he'd never heard him talk in such an emotional way before.
The Jumanji star then thanked Rocky for "beating [his] ass", and even though he "hated it back then", he's "so grateful for it now".
He captioned the emotional clip with the following message:
"He's a weathered soul and like all weathered souls, there's often a harsh storied path that got them there.
"Well for my pops that path started at 13yrs old when his mom kicked him out of his house on Christmas day and forced him to live on the streets (very true and f***ed up story) so his reality of compassion and love was forged thru pain and toughness."
"He raised me with that tough physical love and used to beat my ass in the gyms and on wrestling mats. I hated it then as a little boy, but grateful for it today as a man.
"It's shaped my DNA and helped inform how I raise my own babies (minus the ass kickings;) but always instilling the value of hard work and discipline."
However, this is certainly isn't the first time that the actor has shared his kindness on social media. Another person who was instrumental in Rock's success was his stunt double and cousin, Tanoai Reed, who he surprised in October of last year with a brand new car.
This is the moment Reed was brought to tears by Dwayne's generosity:
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The Rock is proof that big guys really do have big hearts.
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