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 Eastwood's size (at 6'4′′ or 193cm) and overall aura had to have impressed Lubin. He is the one who handed him his first acting contract for $100 per week. Clint Eastwood was compelled to take acting school in order to enhance his skills.[([[https://www.insp.com/blog/the-clint-eastwood-story/|insp]])]
+===== Lost Contract =====
+Despite the fact that he received a great break and was able to sign a deal with Universal Studios (despite the fact that it paid little money), the corporation did not extend his contract and cancelled it on October 23, 1955. His stiff acting and delivery of words between his teeth were their biggest gripes.[([[https://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-universal-fired-1950s-reason-explained/|screenrant]])]
+===== Billy Wilder =====
+Through Arthur Lubin, he was able to gain a recommendation for Billy Wilder's new film, "The Spirit of St. Louis," in which he played a character he really desired. To persuade Billy Wilder, he sent him a very courteous letter on October 26, 1954, even warning him of an on-screen interview he appeared to have botched previously, which he worried would harm his chances of getting the job.[([[https://bigtime.fyi/2020/11/30/clint-eastwood-handwritten-letter/|Big Time]])]
+===== Burt Reynolds =====
+When Clint Eastwood was working for Universal, another would-be actor who went on to become a huge hit, Burt Reynolds, was also working there. Clint Eastwood, he claims, was dismissed because his Adam's apple was protruding too much.[([[https://countrymusicfamily.com/clint-eastwood-was-fired-from-studio-because-of-his-adams-apple-burt-reynolds-said/|countrymusicfamily]])]
+===== Rowdy Yates =====
+He finally got the big break he had been hoping for after years of struggle. He was cast as Rowdy Yates in Rawhide, a CBS hour-long western series. The series began filming in the summer of 1958.[([[https://freshedits.com/spotlight/the-incredible-life-of-clint-eastwood/|Fresh Edits]])]
+===== Rawhide Money =====
+He barely made $750 each episode in the first season of Rawhide. By the end of 1963, the show's popularity had begun to dwindle, and it was finally terminated in 1965. He collected a stunning $119,000 in severance money for each episode that was canceled![([[https://jesswaid.com/2016/10/|jesswaid]])]
+===== Man With No Name =====
+Sergio Leone decided to contract him for the first of what would subsequently be known as the "Spaghetti Westerns," "A Fistful of Dollars," in 1964. His depiction of "The Man with No Name" would eventually define his whole acting career and propel him to stardom.[([[https://screenrant.com/clint-eastwood-man-no-name-cast-part-story/|Screenrant]])]
+===== Recorded In Spain =====
+The location where the films were shot is still used as an entertainment venue in the Spanish city of Almeria. The attraction is appropriately named "Mini-Hollywood," and in addition to the village and bar where the movies were made, a performance is staged every day.[([[https://moviesmadeinspain.com/category/period/|moviesmadeinspain]])]
+===== Success =====
+The Spaghetti Westerns were released in the United States for the first time in 1967, and they were an instant financial hit. "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," which made Clint Eastwood an immediate international cinematic star.[([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Clint-Eastwood|Britannica]])]
+===== Headline =====
+Despite the fact that "The Man with No Name" was the role that launched his acting career, he was quite fortunate to land it. He wasn't the first pick, and he only got a shot because James Coburn (renowned for "The Great Escape") demanded $25,000 and Charles Bronson believed the writing for "A Fistful of Dollars" was one of the worst he'd ever read.[([[https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=e6x7AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false|Google Books]])]
+===== Fistful Of Dollars Is A Remake =====
+Clint Eastwood's breakthrough film was a remake of "Yojimbo," a Japanese film released just a few years earlier in 1961.[([[https://www.flavorwire.com/483644/how-kurosawas-yojimbo-became-leones-fistful-of-dollars|Flavorwire]])]

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