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Every success story has a starting point, and while some journeys might be smooth, others might be rough. Clint Eastwoodโs Hollywood journey screams the latter โ to the point where he actually considered searching for other jobs during his first few years of acting, โAfter about the first five years or so, I started really getting to the point where I started wondering,โ he claimed.ย
Thankfully he didnโt quit, and as he pushed harder, he was signed to a contract job at Universal Studios. The truth is, Clint didnโt quite believe in himself as an actor, which wasn’t helped by the fact that some people in the industry didnโt believe he had what it took to be a star.ย
In the midst of thousands
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Clint revealed that getting jobs in Hollywood wasnโt easy then; that he would have to compete with others, and he was at a disadvantage due to his introverted nature. โItโs one of the few professions where you struggle to work. Most of the time, you just go out and get hired on the job, and you learn something about it, and you stay with it, or you transfer to another company. But in the acting profession, youโve got thousands of people all wanting to do the same job, so thereโs a tremendous amount of competition involved,โ he detailed.ย
The Unforgiven star added, โSome of these guys would come in and theyโd have all the latest jokes and they really could get in and sell and do a nice job putting themselves over. But if I went into somebodyโs office, it was just, โHow do you do, so-and-so?โ And thatโs about the best I could come up with. I wasnโt going to sit there and bulls*** the guy.โย ย ย
Was Clint Eastwood’s first role a blessing or a curse?
However, prior to landing his steady job at Universal Studio, he was almost thrown out in his first role, Revenge of the Creature. He played the role of a lab technician who speaks briefly with one of the lead actors, John Agar. Interestingly, this scene was a bone of contention because the producer wanted it, and the director didnโt.ย
โThat was my first part,” Clint explained. “A four-liner or something like that. I remember it was Jack Arnold directing and William Alland was the producer. Alland called me into his office and read the scene and gave me the part. And that was it. He said, โIโll take you down and weโll meet the director.โ I walked on the set, and the director said, โWhat the hell is this? I told you I donโt want to do that goddamn scene! Whoโs this guy?,โโ
Furthermore, Clint claimed that was his first time experiencing such and was concerned it might turn to violence: โI thought, Iโm going to get punched โ he was screaming and yelling โ or else I was just going to wilt to the floor. Probably the latter. Alland made me realize that it wasnโt anything against me, the director just didnโt want the scene in the movie.โ
When everything died down, he ruminated on the matter, and had a sense that he had gotten his career off on the wrong foot. โBut it was a hell of a way to start your acting career: walk on a set and you know that the director hates the scene. Therefore, you know he hates you,โ he concluded.ย