I never had to learn this lesson, I just think I always knew
it, but the lesson is "Don’t act like an ass around Clint Eastwood." Clint’s son,
Scott, says his dad humbled Kevin Costner’s “big ego” on the set of “A Perfect
World” in 1993 and how his dad remained “very calm” without “raising
his voice ever.” Scott Eastwood explained that Costner was “sort of going
through maybe … a rise to fame” at the time and “maybe [had] a big ego” and said Kevin wouldn’t come out of his trailer for some
reason.
And so then Clint
dismissed him from set—despite him being in that day’s scene—and instructed the
crew to “send [Costner] home.” When Clint was reminded that his co-star was “in
the scene,” he repeated his instruction. Scott then said:
“I guess they just went to Kevin and said, ‘Hey, you’re
going to go home for the day.’ … He said, ‘What do you mean, I’m in the scene?’
[And they said], ‘Well, I guess you’re not anymore.'”
The next day, Costner was on set as planned. |