Clint Eastwood in the 1980s movie "Any Which Way You Can", one of the two hit movies Eastwood made with co-star Clyde the orangutan. Later on, he drives a Dark Maple Red Metallic 1980 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency 4-door sedan. In 1982, Eastwood also directed, produced and starred in the Cold War-themed "Firefox", based on a 1977 novel with the same name by British novelist Craig Thomas. Eastwood directed and starred in "Honkytonk Man", based on the novel by Clancy Carlile about an aspiring country music singer named Red Stovall, set during the Great Depression. Barry Corbin, who played Red's father in "Honkytonk Man", with Clint
Clint Eastwood in the 1960s James Coburn and Ty Hardin were considered for the main role. When none of them accepted, the producers drew up a list of lesser-known American actors and asked Richard Harrison for his input. He suggested Eastwood because he knew the Rawhide actor could play a cowboy convincingly. Harrison later said: "Maybe my greatest contribution to cinema was not doing "Fistful of Dollars", and recommending Clint for the part". While Leone wrote that he was initially distracted by Eastwood, after Fleming turned the role down, Sartori urged him to rewatch the episode and to concentrate on Eastwood instead. Leone asked Irving