News culture Clint Eastwood made 40 films during his career as a director: he still abandoned 1!
Published on 01/12/2025 at 10:04
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Clint Eastwood has worked on numerous films of all kinds: the 94-year-old actor/director has established himself as a reference in the industry. About ten years ago, he almost made this film which was still released later and which made us go gaga.
An aborted project
Clint Eastwood is a pillar of cinema historyhaving been present in the industry for over six decades. Revealed by roles in western films such as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) as an actor, 1971 marked the start of his career as a director, with the film Play Misty For Me (A Thrill in the Night in French). Yet even the great Clint Eastwood faced the ups and downs of the difficult industry that Hollywood can be. This project which he was at the head looked absolutely delighted, but ended up being cancelled.
In the early 2010s, Clint Eastwood was chosen to direct the film A Star is Born. The female lead role was to go to none other than Beyoncé, the queen of pop. Production was supposed to begin in February 2012, but the singer’s pregnancy caused the studio to delay production. Also, they could not find the actor who would fill the male role. Finally, Beyoncé will withdraw from the project, due to lack of free time, and Clint Eastwood will be forced to abandon it following creative differences with the members of the studio.
A successful film
The project will be taken up a few years later and entrusted to Bradley Cooperwho also plays the role of the singer. Moreover, Clint Eastwood was the first to want to use the actor for the male role; good flair. In 2018, the film starring Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga arrived on the big screen, and it was a great success. Today, the film has a 90% press rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a spectator rating of 4.1/5 on Allocine. In fact, the film is one of the remakes of an original screenplay from 1937, the synopsis of which is as follows. If you want to (re)discover the film, A Star is Born can be found streaming on HBO Max.
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