After considering Henry Fonda, writer and director Sergio Leone offered the role of the Man With No Name to James Coburn, who proved to be too expensive. Charles Bronson then turned it down after describing it as the "worst script I have ever seen." Third choice Richard Harrison also declined the role, but pointed Leone in the direction of Gli uomini della prateria (1959). Leone then offered the part to "Rawhide" star Eric Fleming, who turned it down but suggested his co-star Clint Eastwood for the part. The rest, as they say, is history. Leone eventually worked with Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson in C'era una volta il West (1968), and James Coburn in Giù la testa (1971).

Film

Nessun dato in archivio