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Did Dina Eastwood’s Reality Show ‘Mrs. Eastwood and Company’ Doom Her Marriage With Clint Eastwood?

Actor Clint Eastwood’s ex-wife Dina agreed to air a reality TV series about the day-to-day lives of the Eastwood household. But given Eastwood’s private nature, it was reported that the reality show might’ve stirred conflict between the actor and his wife.
Clint Eastwood allegedly wasn’t a fan of a reality TV show based around his family
Clint Eastwood and his ex-wife Dina Eastwood posing at the VH1's 14th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.

Dina Eastwood and Clint Eastwood | Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic
Eastwood’s family once tried to carve out their own niche in reality TV with Mrs. Eastwood and Company. The show would center around Dina Eastwood and her children and air on E! network. It was also going to feature appearances from the band Overtone, which Dina was a fan of and heavily invested in.

Although Dina’s show would share a lot in common E!’s Keeping up with the Kardashians, Dina asserted they were far from the same show. She also warned audiences that the Unforgiven star wouldn’t feature much on the show to temper expectations.
“But if the viewers tune in thinking that we’re similar, the viewer is going to be disappointed just like I say if viewers tune in to get an in-depth look at Clint Eastwood they’re going to be disappointed,” Dina once told The Futon Critic. “The way we live is quite different. The similarities with it being an extended family with a strong mama at the helm is similar but I think the day-to-day is quite different. We are low-key and there’s a whole episode where I don’t want the kids carrying around [designer] labels. There’s not a lot of flash and glamour in our family. The fact that the Kardashians are glamorous is their trademark and it’s awesome.”

The show only lasted for one 10-episode season, however. Sometime afterwards, Eastwood and Dina would separate, finalizing their divorce in 2014. The couple gave no specifics as to why they broke up. But a source once claimed to People that the reality show didn’t help matters.
“Clint was furious about the show,” the source said. “It went against everything he stands for: he’s incredibly private, and she put his kids on TV. It was not a happy time for them.”
In an interview with Daily Beast, Dina asserted that Eastwood needed a bit of convincing to agree to the project.

“Yeah, I had to twist his arm, you bet,” she said. “I would never want to put Clint’s career in jeopardy. That’s my worst nightmare. But Clint is untouchable. I’ve read so many mean things about me, and I think it’s entertaining because the Internet brings out the worst in people a lot of times.”
‘Mrs. Eastwood and Company’ was initially supposed to focus on a boy band

Dina shared what helped spark the idea of the show in the first place. Originally, the show was going to focus more on the band Overtone. Dina was a huge fan of the group, so much so she became their manager.
“You know, I guess I thought so in a moment of insanity,” she said. “When I pitched the show, it was sold to Bunim/Murray, the production company, and was just the band and me as their manager, we were the only characters. The original show concept was about these six guys coming to this country and how insane it all was. We got in a car accident, I ended up in the ER getting stitches and the next day it was something else and my friend and I were taping them the whole time so I thought it was a really fun show and I started pitching it as such.”
However, plans for the show changed when she introduced the rest of Eastwood’s children to the show’s network.

“So I had these guys, me and my brother [Dominic] and we were doing these preliminary interviews to get to know the characters and there were no girls and I’m obviously double the age of a girl that E! would want – they didn’t say that but I know that in the TV world – and I said you should meet my kids, I have really funny kids and they said ‘Bring them in,’” Dina recalled. I brought in a load of Eastwood children and they all interviewed, they all went on camera and Jeff Jenkins was like, ‘Oh, my God, you’re kidding me!’ Some of the kids wanted to do it, some didn’t and this is what the project boils down to.”
Was ‘Mrs. Eastwood and Company’ canceled?

Mrs. Eastwood and Company wasn’t as big as Keeping up with the Kardashians. Still, the first season seemed to do well enough for E! to request a second season. But according to Eastwood and Dinah’s daughter Morgan, the family simply opted not to return.
“We tried it for one season but we realized it just wasn’t going to work. They wanted/want us to do another season but we said no for right now! its just kind of too much for us,” Morgan Eastwood once wrote on tumblr.

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Clint Eastwood Refused to Take Directorial Credit for 1 Movie Despite Taking Over the Chair Due to His Frustration With the Writer

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Clint Eastwood is a veteran actor and director with a plethora of movies to his name.
The legendary actor once directed almost an entire movie alongside starring in it, without taking credit for his work.
While this happened due to Richard Tuggle proving to be a ‘slow writer,’ Eastwood was once at the receiving end of some hard words from Italian director Segio Leone.

Clint Eastwood has had quite an iconic career over the years, having starred in a range of notable roles. Alongside his acting career, Eastwood has also created quite a career as a movie director. Having so many credits to his name, Eastwood once directed the movie without even taking credit for his work!
Back in 1984, the director starred in the role of Wes Block in Tightrope. As per the reports, the actor had to step up his directing game and sit in the director’s chair for a while. The harrowing thing is that Clint Eastwood didn’t even take credit for the job.
Clint Eastwood in Cry Macho'

Clint Eastwood in Cry Macho’
Clint Eastwood Didn’t Even Take Credit For Directing A Movie!
Back in 1984, Richard Tuggle wrote and directed Tightrope. Starring Clint Eastwood in the lead role of Wes Block, the movie was received with average ratings and an average box office collection. The movie was quite an R-rated adventure and Eastwood even went as far as to get naked on-screen.
Clint Eastwood in Tightrope (1984)Clint Eastwood in Tightrope (1984)
As per The New Yorker Magazine, Eastwood was forced to take charge as a director because he found that the writer/director Richard Tuggle was a very slow writer. The veteran actor shot and directed most of the movie but, he didn’t take credit for directing the film.
On the other hand, veteran director Sergio Leone had several complaints and insults for Clint Eastwood. With Eastwood becoming famous for starring in The Dollars Trilogy, director Sergio Leone worked with Eastwood in bringing Western spaghetti to Hollywood. After working with the veteran actor in three films, Leone had some harsh words to say about the veteran actor despite finding fame.
Sergio Leone Had Some Harsh Words For Clint Eastwood
Portraying the role of Man With No Name in The Dollars Trilogy, Sergio Leone and Eastwood had quite the time of their lives while shooting the trilogy. After parting ways, Leone told American Film in an interview that Eastwood acted like he was made out of marble.
“Robert De Niro throws him­self into this or that role, putting on a personality the way someone else might put on his coat, naturally and with ele­gance, while Clint Eastwood throws himself into a suit of armor and lowers the visor with a rusty clang.”
He further continued,
“East­wood moves like a sleepwalker between explosions and hails of bullets, and he is always the same — a block of marble. Bobby, first of all, is an actor. Clint, first of all, is a star. Bobby suffers, Clint yawns.”
In the end, Eastwood proved himself to be a remarkable actor and director with a plethora of movies to his name. The actor was last seen in Cry Macho and has no upcoming projects announced at the moment.

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Amy Aquino, Adrienne C. Moore, Cedric Yarbrough, Chikako Fukuyama & Onix Serrano Called For Clint Eastwood’s ‘Juror No. 2’

The movie follows Justin Kemp, played by Nicholas Hoult, who while serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma — one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict–or free–the wrong killer. Eastwood is producing under his Malpaso banner in addition to directing off of Jonathan Abrams’ screenplay. The pic is currently shooting in Georgia.
Also part of the ensemble are Toni Collette (prosecutor), Gabriel Basso (accused), Zoey Deutch (Kemp’s wife), Leslie Bibb (juror), Chris Messina (public defender), and Kiefer Sutherland (Kemp’s AA sponsor).
Also producing for Malpaso are Tim Moore and Jessica Meier, and Dichotomy’s Adam Goodman & Matt Skiena. EPs are Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Jeremy Bell and David M. Bernstein.
Aquino starred as Lt. Grace Billets in the Amazon series Bosch. Her TV credits include The Good Fight, Being Human, Glee, Big Love, ER, Everybody Loves Raymond, Crossing Jordan, Felicity, and Brooklyn Bridge. She is repped by Greene Talent and Skrzyniarz & Mallean.
Moore is best known for her NAACP Image Award-nominated role Black Cindy on the Netflix hit series Orange Is the New Black. Additional series credits include Pretty Hard Cases, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and Search Party. Film credits include the Tim Story/New Line hit Shaft and DC/Warner Bros. animated Wonder Woman: Bloodlines. She is repped by Frontline Management and A3.
Yarbrough stars in the AMC series Lucky Hank and can currently be seen the Judd Apatow comedy Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain available now on Peacock. Up next for Yarbrough is the Netflix feature Unfrosted directed by and starring Jerry Seinfeld. Yarbrough is repped by Greenlight Management and The Gersh Agency.
Born and raised in Japan, Fukuyama recently played Aya in the Netflix release of Blade of the 47 Ronin.  She spent her childhood acting on the stage, is well-known in Japan for her time on the hit Netflix reality show Terrace House: Aloha State. Fukuyama is repped by Circle of 10 Talent and Gregg Edwards Management.
Serrano’s credits include the series Gordita Chronicles on Max and a recurring role on Fantasy Island on Fox. The actor is repped by 22 Talent and The Park Noack Agency.

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Clint Eastwood promises to watch Indian movie ‘Jigarthanda Double X’

The team of Tamil movie Jigarthanda Double X can’t keep calm as legendary actor-director Clint Eastwood promised to watch their film.
Karthik Subbaraj’s directorial Jigarthanda Double X, starring Raghava Lawrence and SJ Suryah, is a tribute to Clint Eastwood and Satyajit Ray.
Surprisingly, Eastwood’s team that maintains his X profile recently reacted to a fan’s tweet and confirmed that the actor is aware of the Tamil film and will watch it once he wraps up his upcoming film Juror No. 2.
“Dear @RealTheClint We are Indians We made a Tamil movie called Jigarthanda Double X. Its available in Netflix. We have given u a great tribute in the whole movie. We made some animated scenes like u in ur young age. Please watch it once u get some time,” read the tweet by a fan of the movie. Clint’s team replied: “Hi. Clint is aware of this movie and he states he will get to it upon Completion of his New Film. Juror 2. Thank You.”

The particular tweet by Eastwood’s team has left Jigarthanda Double X cast and crew extremely happy.
Taking to X, Karthik Subbaraj wrote: “Wowww….. Feeling So Surreal!! The Legend #ClintEastwood is AWARE of #JigarthandaDoubleX & gonna watch it soon… [?] This film is my heartfelt dedication to @RealTheClint on behalf of Millions of his Fans in India…Can’t wait to hear what he thinks of the film once he does…. Thanks a lot@Vijay70269050 and all #JigarthandaXX fans on twitter who reached out to the man himself & making this happen…. Feeling Blessed.”
SJ Suryah, who played the role of Ray Dasan in the film, thanked Clint Eastwood for the acknowledgement. He wrote: “Thx a lot sirrrrrrrrr we are very happy that this movie reached U. my self and @offl_Lawrence we r die hard fan of U sir & our director @karthiksubbaraj sir is maddest die hard fan of U sir (sic).”
Raghava Lawrence also reacted to the post.
“Thx a lot sirrrrrrrrr we are very happy that this movie reached U. My self and @iam_SJSuryah, we r die hard fans of U sir & our director @karthiksubbaraj sir is maddest die hard fan of U sir @RealTheClint,” he wrote.
Jigarthanda Double X pays tributes not just to Clint Eastwood and Satyajit Ray but also Tamil superstar Rajinikanth. The film is currently streaming on Netflix.

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