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Back in 1966, John Wayne shot The War Wagon with Kirk Douglas, whose liberal political views and hiring of the blacklisted communist Dalton Trumbo as Spartacus’ screenwriter were in stark contrast to Duke\u2019s conservative outlook.<\/p>\n
The pair avoided talking politics when working, but one day during the Western\u2019s production, Douglas was late to set as he had been shooting a commercial to endorse Edmund G Brown, a Democrat, as Governor of California.<\/p>\n
This enraged the right-wing Wayne, who was late himself the next day as he\u2019d been filming an advert to endorse the Republican candidate, fellow actor and future President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n
Although the two Hollywood stars had their political differences, they did eventually become friends and had a mutual respect for each other.<\/p>\n
In a 1971 interview with Dick Cavett, Douglas shut down being asked about Duke\u2019s controversial views on the US taking Native American land.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Cavett brought up that Wayne had said it was \u201cbecause a lot of people needed land and the Indians were being selfish and thought that they ought to have it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yet Douglas replied: \u201cI don\u2019t want to get involved in a conversation about John Wayne. I\u2019ve made quite a few pictures with John Wayne and, by the way, I\u2019ve always called him John. Everybody calls him Duke. We have never seen eye-to-eye on a lot of things.\u201d However, he did compliment the Western star, saying he was \u201cone of the most professional actors I\u2019ve ever worked with.\u201d<\/p>\n
Douglas shared how when working on a movie together, he would only have dinner with Wayne on just one night. He said: \u201cWe get along well, we never discuss politics. But he\u2019s the first guy on the set, the hardest worker I\u2019ve ever worked with, and I think he\u2019s quite a character.\u201d<\/p>\n
Given Duke\u2019s towering 6 ft 4 height, Cavett joked that it was no wonder the two never saw eye-to-eye. In fact, during his first scene with Wayne, Douglas wore huge lifts so he would look in line with Duke.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n[ad_2]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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