MOVIE NEWS – Clint Eastwood and John Wayne are names synonymous with the Western, but even these legends had harsh words for some movies. Wayne, for example, couldn’t stand the classic High Noon, while Eastwood absolutely despised the 1976 film starring Marlon Brando and Jack Nicholson.

In Christopher Frayling’s 1992 book “Clint Eastwood,” the Oscar-winning actor confessed just how bad he thought The Missouri Breaks was—a movie about a cattle rustler and his gang seeking revenge after one of their own is killed, which leads a rancher to hire a vigilante to hunt them down.

Eastwood’s criticism

Directed by Arthur Penn (Bonnie and Clyde), The Missouri Breaks failed to win over audiences, grossing only $14 million on a $10 million budget. Brando took home $1 million, Nicholson $1.25 million, and both earned a share of the profits. Critics were a bit more generous, but Eastwood wasn’t a fan, calling it “a ridiculous western” and blaming the script above all:

“It didn’t have a good script, and obviously they felt that way too: why else would a guy dress up as his own grandmother? Brando obviously thought, ‘There’s nothing here, so I might as well have some fun.’ If he’d really believed it was great material, and that he was going to contribute to something that could end up being a good movie, he would have acted differently.”

During production, Marlon Brando was his usual unpredictable self—joking, kissing cast and crew, and flashing his bare backside more than once. Director Penn did nothing to rein him in.

Source: Espinof