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** Also by Leone - [[Lee Van Cleef]] had played a romantic character in ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' who developed a father-son relationship with [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Monco. In ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Leone had him play a desperately evil mercenary torturer (the eponymous "Bad") who [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Blondie eventually shoots dead. |
** Also by Leone - [[Lee Van Cleef]] had played a romantic character in ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' who developed a father-son relationship with [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Monco. In ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', Leone had him play a desperately evil mercenary torturer (the eponymous "Bad") who [[Clint Eastwood]]'s Blondie eventually shoots dead. |
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** ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' was itself playing against type for Van Cleef, who was notorious for playing villains in Westerns. The movie teases us by introducing his character as if he was a villain, and only revealing him as a good character about half way through; it also uses imagery from all the Westerns in which Van Cleef played a villain - having him hide his gun like his character from ''Gunfight At The OK Corral'' and have a pocket watch like in ''The Bravados'' (although for an ''entirely'' different reason). |
** ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]'' was itself playing against type for Van Cleef, who was notorious for playing villains in Westerns. The movie teases us by introducing his character as if he was a villain, and only revealing him as a good character about half way through; it also uses imagery from all the Westerns in which Van Cleef played a villain - having him hide his gun like his character from ''Gunfight At The OK Corral'' and have a pocket watch like in ''The Bravados'' (although for an ''entirely'' different reason). |
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** What about Clint Eastwood? In ''[[Rawhide]]'', he played a very wholesome [[Idiot Hero]] cowboy. In ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', he played an [[Anti-Hero]] [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Poncho]] cowboy, even using some of the same props he used for his last character. Leone claims that he decided to approach him for the lead for ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' after [[Face Doodling|drawing]] [[Perma |
** What about Clint Eastwood? In ''[[Rawhide]]'', he played a very wholesome [[Idiot Hero]] cowboy. In ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'', he played an [[Anti-Hero]] [[Badass Longcoat|Badass Poncho]] cowboy, even using some of the same props he used for his last character. Leone claims that he decided to approach him for the lead for ''[[A Fistful of Dollars]]'' after [[Face Doodling|drawing]] [[Perma-Stubble]] [[Face Doodling|on his promo picture]]. |
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*** Watch ''Rawhide'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon]]'', and ''[[Unforgiven]]'' in rapid succession, it is amazing how many types Eastwood can play, without even leaving his westerns. |
*** Watch ''Rawhide'', ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly|The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]'', ''[[Paint Your Wagon]]'', and ''[[Unforgiven]]'' in rapid succession, it is amazing how many types Eastwood can play, without even leaving his westerns. |
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* Jamel Debbouze, a renowned French-Moroccan comedian, played a major role in French war drama ''Indigènes'' (released in the US as ''Days of Glory''), even getting several [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowners]] throughout the film. |
* Jamel Debbouze, a renowned French-Moroccan comedian, played a major role in French war drama ''Indigènes'' (released in the US as ''Days of Glory''), even getting several [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|crowners]] throughout the film. |
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