by Invited on television, John Wayne greeted the talent of a young actor who was going to become a famous director of Hollywood today aged 71.
Actor John Wayne had turned with a young actor whom he found brilliant and who has since become a great director. On the set of Phil Donahuethe hero of the man who killed Liberty Valage and Rio Bravo comes to promote his latest film, a western, and takes the opportunity to underline the talent of the cast with which he worked:
Do you recognize this young actor?
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“Jimmy Stewart, Lauren Bacall, Richard Boone, Hugh O'Brien and a young guy named Ron Howard, whom I find one of the best actors with whom I worked.”
At the time, Ron Howard was on all magazine covers for his role in the hit series Happy Days. The production had set up his schedule so that he could be absent and turn this western in which he exchanges a lot with John Wayne. Since then, Howard has become a great director, signing films like Rush, Willow, Apollow 13, an exceptional man or thirteen lives.
Ron Howard's advice to John Wayne
In his autobiography, co-written with his brother Clint, Ron Howard remembers the most famous cowboy of cinema, with whom he played chess between the catch:
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“Working on the last of the giants opened my eyes because, as legendary and decorated as Wayne, Bacall and Stewart were, they worked harder than anyone else on the set, making hours and as many catches that it was necessary to succeed in a scene.”
And guest of Merv Griffin Show In 1979, Howard told a precious advice that Wayne had given her on the set:
“When you make a moving scene, the public likes to bring emotion, and if they are with you and the film, they will do it, you may not need to cry yourself. They will cry for you, and it's better. Be sober and the audience will do it for you”.
Ron Howard had another link with the star of the desert prisoner: his brother Clint had played in the series The Cowboys, inspired by the Homonymous film released in 1972 with John Wayne in the main role.
During the last years of his life, John Wayne had informed Ron Howard that he wanted to rework with him. Due to the actor's declining health, the project will unfortunately not succeed, and the last of the giants will remain the last Wayne film, who died in 1979 at 72 years old.
