Yep. Dern tells a funny story about that, in fact. However, in his story it's John Wayne himself who just before the filming of the scene in which Dern kills him, he advises Dern that he's going to receive a lot of heartache from the public about it.Intrepid37 wrote: ↑June 18th, 2023, 11:50 amNot that I ever heard.Dargo wrote: ↑June 18th, 2023, 11:14 am Anyone here know or remember if Henry Fonda received this sort of public reaction after the release of Leone's 'Once Upon a Time in the West' and in which he played against type and his image?
(...I'm thinking this might be the most glaring example of such a thing here)
But I think I remember Bruce Dern saying something about getting grief over his role in The Cowboys.
(...well, and as Dern tells it and with the punchline of his story being and as he tells Duke in reply: "Except in Berkeley")