Why was it considered so shocking when Leone cast people like Henry Fonda as a villain?
Too handsome to be bad. Look at his sexy eyes.
>>63576592
he was too famous to be a villain.
Because he was in 12 angry men
>>63576592
yup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHI6Hl7FUqA
>>63576592
Do you know nothing about the history of film?
because postmodernism's le edgy unlikely anti-hero meme hadn't caught on yet.you can thank that fat deigo for making it popular
He had only played goody goodies before that.
>>63576836
oops i didn't see "why"
Imagine if Tom Hanks was suddenly a bad guy, a REAL bad guy. It's kinda shocking
>>63576867
>implying he didn't play a bad guyplayed a good goy in SPR, a jewish propoganda piece
>Sergio died before he could make Don Quixote with Clint Eastwood as Don and Eli Wallach as Sancho Panza.
>He died before he could direct a Stalingrad movie.
GODDAMN IT REEE REE REEEEEEE
It would take the audience out of their comfort level. When people went to see a movie with Henry Fonda, the last thing they would expect would be to see him as the villain.
>>63576967
Pretty much everyone except Clint is dead from the cast of TGTBTU.
That makes me sad.
Not only a villain, a villain who killed kids.
A beloved Hollywood star was shooting children on-screen, le duh.
>>63576851
>thinking edgy antiheroes are anything new
wew lad, read a book
>>63576592
It would be Arnold or Clint doing a film where they were a sadistic child murdering rapist, not what you expect to see.
>>63579076
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWZ3EHjUx_E
>>63576967
It was kind of sergio's own fault he died considering how unhealthy he was.
>>63579154
>What's your name girl?
>I'm Neil Young