Clint Eastwood movie almost starred Marilyn Monroe

It wasn’t until a few years after Monroe’s death that Eastwood finally made his big break into the world of cinema after the Sergio Leone film. Dollars The trilogy made him one of the most popular heroes of the era. He never looked back after that moment and set out to build one of the greatest careers in film history, on both sides of the camera, but he always carried a pang of regret that he had never had the chance to share the screen with the Some like it hot, Men prefer blondesAnd The seven year itch favorite.

The future four-time Oscar winner wasn’t even in the same stratosphere as his A-list counterpart when the opportunity arose, but that didn’t dampen his enthusiasm. After making his feature film debut in 1955 The Creature’s RevengeEastwood would go uncredited in seven of his first nine film roles.

The year after making his acting bow, he found himself in the running for a role in Joshua’s romantic comedy-drama Logan. Bus stop. This was a major turning point for Monroe after she moved out of comedy, the industry tried to keep her in favor of a more difficult character that tested her acting skills, and Eastwood was , unsurprisingly, eager to get into the action.

“I was up for a role in Bus stop as a young man,” he recalls Parade. “I was pretty excited because she was so attractive and I was like, ‘This could be OK.’ And, of course, it didn’t go well because Josh chose another guy in New York. Like, you’re ready to hit the ball out of the park, and then nothing.

Although he didn’t name the actor who was cast in his place, it could well be the male lead. After all, Don Murray played Beauregard Decker opposite Sweetheart of Monroe in Bus stophe was less than a year older than Eastwood, and it was the first major role of his career.

Eastwood won’t be too bitter about this since he did very well in the long run, but it would be a fascinating footnote in both of their careers if they had been on-screen partners as early as 1956.

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