Clint Eastwood is a Hollywood legend with a legacy of over 60 titles to his name as an actor in his career spanning more than six decades. The actor/director has seen and experienced different phases in Hollywood and met several icons and legends.
Some experience, however, is quite tricky, even to describe. As quirky as his films get, Alfred Hitchcock has a reputation for being unique both in his movie-making style and in living his life. When Eastwood met the legendary director, he had the strangest experience.
Clint Eastwood Had The Strangest Experience Meeting Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock is no less than a God for filmmakers and screenwriters, his legacy is evergreen with universal appeal. The master of suspense has produced a great number of masterpieces that transcendent ages and are still being worshiped globally. However, the director was as unique in his real life as his movies. At least, Clint Eastwood would vouch for that. When Eastwood met the Hollywood legend for lunch, he had one of the strangest experiences of his life he will never forget.
“Hitchcock wanted me to be in one of his films [which, it turned out, would never be made]. I wasn’t nuts about the script. I had lunch with him in his office. When I walked in, he was sitting there very erect and he didn’t even move. Only his eyes did. They followed you across the room. He had the same thing for lunch every day — a steak and some sliced tomatoes,” Eastwood revealed (via. EW).
It would have been a wonderful collaboration if the duo ever made a movie. However, according to IMDB, Eastwood starred in an uncredited role of a Newsman alongside Hitchcock in an episode of Human Interest Story, which aired on May 24, 1959.