Clint Eastwood has been a man of few words during his remarkable career that has spanned seven decades, but we have heard that the Rawhide star may be hanging up his cowboy hat and leaving Hollywood for good as friends worry about his declining health.
“Clint goes through spells of talking about retirement, but what’s worse for him is that he feels the movie industry has retired on him,” claimed an insider. “Clint has a 50-year relationship with Warner Brothers, but the studio has new leadership and they were shocked by how poorly Cry Macho did at the box office.
“He was pleased that Warner finally gave his new film the go-ahead, but he isn’t counting on it happening again.”
The Pale Rider actor, who turns 93 on May 31, is getting ready to make his final movie, Juror No. 2, starring Toni Collette and Nicholas Hoult. Filming is set to begin in the middle of June.
The insider revealed, “He wants to do this movie as a swan song and go out in a blazing sunset.” Some speculated that Cry Macho, which came out two years ago, would be Clint’s final project because he appeared feeble even at the time. However, the picture garnered poor reviews, and now Clint is rounding up his cast for one final time in the hopes of scoring a big hit.
Clint has previously discussed retiring. “I never did reach the day I had promised to give up. I’ve flirted with the idea a lot lately, but every once in a while, a script comes along, and I think, ‘That’s a challenge that I haven’t been able to do before,'” he stated.
Insiders claim that Clint is a realist as well.
“It’s still a lot for a guy in his nineties,” the source said. “People are concerned for his wellbeing. Although he’s the director, he’s also engaged in every other area, including the casting and, most likely, the score, as he has with his previous movies.
The actor hasn’t been seen in public for more than 450 days, prompting some to label him a “recluse” and worry that his health has deteriorated.
Despite his advanced age, Clint has always been in excellent health and active. However, the fact that he hasn’t been around as much recently has many people in Hollywood concerned about him, revealed the insider. Although it’s difficult to envision him in anything other than top shape, Father Time eventually catches up with us all.