Scott Eastwood is not convinced that his father, film legend Clint Eastwood, has made his last movie.
After his brother Kyle Eastwood previously confirmed their dad’s retirement, Scott said that he will believe that his dad, 96, is done with Hollywood when he hears it for himself.
“We’ll see. I have not heard that from his mouth at all,” Scott, 40, told ScreenRant in an interview published Tuesday. “So I don't know what that feels like.”
He added, “His career in general has been something to admire, something to be inspired by, and continues to inspire me. The work, the artistry that he's done on and off screen. Producing, writing, composing, directing, acting. The body of work is incredible.”
The four-time Oscar-winning actor and director rose to fame with the TV series Rawhide in the sixties before starring in Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western Dollars trilogy, which included The Good, The Bad and the Ugly. His directorial debut, Play Misty For Me, came out in 1971, and in the years after he released hit films like Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, American Sniper and The Mule.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Scott has worked as an actor for decades and worked on several movies with his father including Flags of Our Father, Invictus and Trouble With the Curve.
Speculation surrounding the Gran Torino actor’s retirement grew when Kyle — a jazz musician and composer who scored many of his father’s films — suggested that Clint had worked on his last film project.
At a show in November, Kyle told the crowd: “I have many fond memories of working with him. Now he’s retired, he’s 95 years old. But I was very lucky to be able to work with him on quite a few films. It was a great experience for me.”
The dad of eight is known as one of the most acclaimed and popular actors-turned-directors because of his famously serious one-take directorial style. For that reason, he often wraps ahead of schedule and under budget.
The late Richard Harris, who worked with Clint on 1992 western Unforgiven, said that it was the most well-organized movie he had ever worked on and called the actor-director’s preparation work “astonishing.”
Hilary Swank, who won the Oscar for her starring role in Clint’s 2004 boxing drama Million Dollar Baby, said: “He just made me feel right at ease. He quickly makes everyone feel really comfortable.”
Clint’s last film as a director was the 2024 legal thriller Juror No 2, which starred Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette and Zoey Deutch. His last on-screen appearance was in the 2021 western thriller Cry Macho.
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