Clint Eastwood on the set of *The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,* the 1966 spaghetti Western directed and co-written by Sergio Leone.

Eastwood Bound

Clint Eastwood has dominated Hollywood for longer than most anyone else—all while containing countless contradictions

By Shawn Levy

Given that I’ve been aware of him for 50-ish years and followed him professionally for more than half that time, the thing I found most surprising while chronicling the life of Clint Eastwood was how often I found myself surprised.

Going into the project, I thought I knew who and what he was. Turned out, most of what I believed was either wrong or only partly true, or counterbalanced by something about him I didn’t know. As impressive as his longevity is his capacity to contain contradictions.