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James Caan was 27 when cast as knife-throwing gambler Mississippi in Howard Hawks\u2019 first remake of Rio Bravo, El Dorado.<\/p>\n
Co-starring opposite\u00a0John Wayne\u00a0and Robert Mitchum in the 1966 Western was a massive deal and over the years he\u2019s shared some shocking stories of the shenanigans and at times fiery altercations he had with Duke.<\/p>\n
Acting opposite Wayne meant that Caan, who was the same height as Tom Cruise at 5ft 7in, had to wear three-inch lifts next to the towering Western legend.<\/p>\n
The pair became close on set but not before Duke had his fun pranking the rising star through intimidation.<\/p>\n
Caan, who died in 2022 aged 82, has said in interviews how Wayne would call him \u201ckid\u201d and say things like \u201cYou\u2019re doing a lot of smiling Jiminy Cricket\u201d because of his hat.<\/p>\n
During their breaks, they would sometimes play chess and one time the young actor accused Duke of cheating which sparked a violent argument between them Robert Mitchum had to cool down by intervening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Speaking on The Tonight Show in 1997, Caan said of Wayne: \u201cIf he could intimidate you, he\u2019d stay on you forever until you just crumbled. He\u2019d try you. So this one night I remember I was between he and Robert Mitchum and Howard Hawks was about 72 at the time and we\u2019re outside in this big old Western town.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Godfather star shared how Duke would approach him and tell him to turn around in a shot, take a step and \u201cGive me that look that you me.\u201d The young actor would do as Duke told him, but then director Howard Hawks would yell \u201cCut!\u201d and tell him not to take the step.<\/p>\n
The Western star then told him again to take half a step and this went back and forth until the Mississippi actor blew up. Caan admitted: \u201cI was gonna hit him!\u201d However, Mitchum ran up and broke up the confrontation just like with the chess game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Caan declared: \u201cHe knew what he was doing, he was having a good time at my expense!\u201d From then on they became good pals who would go out of their way to try and screw each other\u2019s scenes up. The Mississippi actor remembered putting off Wayne by mouthing \u201cYou snake!\u201d at Duke, which made him laugh.<\/p>\n
That was until one day the 27-year-old couldn\u2019t get into his dressing room as it was locked, so he asked for the key. He revealed: \u201cGarbage just came out! He piled it with garbage, he was like a 12-year-old kid Duke.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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