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Scott Eastwood: “I have never been good at taking orders”
Before an actor goes on stage in the theater, in a nod to superstition, it is accepted to tell them to ‘break a leg’ to wish them good luck. Somehow Scott Eastwood took the term a bit too literally and showed up in Bulgaria to begin shooting The Outpost with a broken ankle.
“I never thought of that until you just said it!” he laughs. “Maybe in a strange way that was my good luck. But seriously, how do you start a movie where you play a soldier, a real character no less, who can only use one leg?” Remarking how surreal the experience was, the fifth child of legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood, knew he was in a for a challenge.
“Normally, you have all this prep time before a movie starts shooting to turn yourself into the best version of yourself,” he continues, well aware of the physical handicap he had handed himself. “It was an emotional rollercoaster as well, but I just had to give in and do the best I could. Being hurt made me humble as I had to rely on others to help me. Luckily everyone around me was cool and banded together to make this work.”
Eastwood is referencing the film adaptation of the 2012 book by Jake Tapper, “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor.”
A scene from The Outpost. screen media
"Times New Roman"’> “I have never been good at taking orders myself,” he confesses, “although I am getting better at it. But at that instance in the film, there was a challenge for a reason and he knew that the higher-ups had to be questioned. So much is controlled by the ego, but there are times when you have to let the ego go.”
Gran Torino and Invictus.
Fury, The Longest Ride, Suicide Squad, and The Fate of the Furious. Asked if he could imagine the same longevity in the industry as his 90-year-old dad, the younger Eastwood shook his head.