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Since the very start of this feature Mr Clint Eastwood has been high on the list.
Something that impressed us especially here at braingunk was that Clint has managed over the years to cement himself at the very pinnacle of not one, but two highly competitive and totally masculine archetypes and all without rapping at the door of cliché once.
The phrase "Wild West Hero" could have been coined just for the man himself. From his early work as Rowdy Yates on the TV show Rawhide, through his unforgettable performances in the "Dollars" trilogy of spaghetti westerns, to the brilliant bookend of his western career Unforgiven, Clint always managed to portray a new kind of western man who was distinctly different to those everyone was familiar with and yet instantly felt right...
One masculine archetype not enough for you? Ok then what about the "Loose Cannon Cop". Detective Harry Callahan… Dirty Harry himself.
Just think about that for a moment. These are both roles that could never be described as being under subscribed, there are literally hordes of actors who've made careers for themselves playing characters of the aforementioned genres, and yet Mr Eastwood is the king of them both. To this day his performances and style are copied and recopied.
He's an accomplished musician and composer too boot and has provided soundtracks to various movies, some in which he stared and some in which he didn't.
He does Politics (but we don't, so we'll leave that there).
His biographers have described him as a serial womaniser and he himself has never tried to hide it… and why should he god damn it, he's Clint Bloody Eastwood!
Known to have fathered at least seven children it seems Clint is solid 'man' all the way through, and yet has never seemed to exhibit even a trace of arrogance or lack of humility.
He's had more awards for both acting and directing than you can shake a stick at, the crowning glory of which has to be winning Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture while also being nominated for Best Actor in the same movie not once but twice... Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).
Enough twaddle lets run him through the check list:
1. They have charisma overload. No shit. The man is bigger than 'bigger than life' His presence is dominating even now at 80 years old. To coin a phrase 'he has attained the status of an icon of masculinity without ever seeming macho'.
2. You wouldn’t want to fight them. Do you feel lucky punk... well do ya?.
3. They’re not a twat. Some of his roles have not been to the taste of everyone it has to be said, but it's hard to think of a single time he's ever come across as a twat.
4. They are über cool. The Man With No Name and Dirty Harry... nuff said.
Ladies and Gentleman we present a true Man's Man's Man... Mr Clint Eastwood.
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More Info:
IMDB Profile
Wikipedia Page
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