Clint Eastwood retires from acting
Mikey 7 comments
The 78 year old iconic actor says he has had enough of the acting game and is no longer seeking new roles. However he still plans on directing films, and his latest, Gran Torino, is already tipped for an Oscar nomination.
"You always want to quit while you are ahead," he said. "You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best."
On the record, I absolutely adore Clint Eastwood. The Dirty Harry movies are easily among my favourite of all time, particularly the first one, so it is with a slight dismay that I accept this news.
Anyway, Clint makes great movies, and is already planning his next movie titled 'The Human Factor', which will star Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela.
andrew
Monday 24th November 2008 | 03:54 PMyeah dirty harry movies, now tell me did i shoot 5 bullets or 6...the usual good lines he had in his movies..punk!!
Laiste
Monday 24th November 2008 | 04:16 PMI always thought Morgan Freeman would play Nelson Mandela one day. So thats good news.
On the plus side with Clint Eastwood, he'll still be making stellar movies, just not in front of the camera. My favourite Eastwood movie was In The Line Of Fire.
...in response to this comment by Laiste. In The Line of Fire is great and it has Gary Cole as an bonus!
As long as he is still directing, I don't care what he does. He has always been an underrated actor and a lot of that comes from trying to shake the spaghetti westerns and the Dirty Harry character. He has been brilliant as a director and is one of the few directors that can actually get me to spend money just one his name alone.
Wendy W
Wednesday 26th November 2008 | 06:02 AMWow Clint say it isn't so.
karthaginian
Wednesday 26th November 2008 | 07:31 AMI always thought CE was sort of so-so as an actor...good, but not great. Like Harrison Ford, just intensely watchable. Unforgiven was the best western I've ever seen, and I feel he's twice as good behind the camera as in front.
Kim OJ
Monday 24th November 2008 | 03:28 PMClint Eastwood is awesome, but why would he need to seek new roles, he can just be in his own films, which are among the best to come out of Hollywood these days anyway.