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 Clint was enlisted into the US Army in 1951. An important detail is that he was recruited during the Korean War, which had begun just a year previously.[([[https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/Story/Article/2837081/actordirector-clint-eastwood-served-during-korean-war/|Defense]])]
+===== Lifeguard =====
+In his own words, he constantly alludes to being recruited for the United States Army without mentioning the Korean War. So, how did Clint Eastwood get away from the horrors of Korea? For the whole two years he was in the army, he worked as a lifeguard at Ford Ord in Northern California.[([[https://www.quora.com/Was-Clint-Eastwood-a-Korean-War-veteran|Quora]])]
+===== Dodget Combat =====
+Clint Eastwood dodged combat, according to Patrick McGilligan's biography of him, by romancing the daughter of one of the commanders at Fort Ord. Because Clint was the officer's daughter's boyfriend, the officer would make sure he wasn't sent by hiring him as a lifeguard and double-checking to make sure his name wasn't on the list.[([[https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/trivia|imdb]])]
+===== Escaped Death =====
+During his stay at Fort Ord, he opted to fly back from a vacation in Seattle on the only plane available at the time, a Douglas AD. By any standard, this was not a passenger plane, but rather a World War II military torpedo bomber. "Everything went wrong, and the plane ultimately ran out of gasoline," he recounts, and he felt "nothing but intense horror." They were flying over the water when they crashed into it, narrowly averting catastrophic injury.[([[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clint-eastwood-tells-thrilling-tale-5366227|Mirror]])]
+===== Escaping From Water =====
+He was fit enough for a lengthy swim because he worked as a lifeguard. Because it was November, the water was quite cold, therefore swimming quickly was essential. The plane crashed in Point Reyes, California, just 2 miles (3.2 km) off the coast, allowing him and the pilot to escape safety. That area of the water is teeming with white sharks, which are among the deadliest creatures on the planet![([[https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/clint-eastwood-tells-thrilling-tale-5366227|Mirror]])]
+===== Not A Good Actor At The Beginning =====
+He was able to get into a Hollywood movie studio thanks to a pal at Fort Ord named Chuck Hill. He presented himself to Irving Glassberg, who set up an audition with Arthur Lubin, a well-known film director at Universal Studios. As Lubin pointed out, it was evident that Clint Eastwood wasn't much of an actor back then. "He was a complete noob. He had no idea which direction to turn, which way to walk, or what to do". [([[https://myvintagephotos.com/product/clint-eastwood-dirty-harry/|myvintagephotos]])]
+===== First Contract =====
+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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