"A Perfect World" Kevin Costner and Clint Eastwood, the feud between the two who couldn't build a teacher-pupil relationship

The relationship between Costner and Eastwood that made us expect a teacher-student relationship

``A Perfect World'' is a work that depicts the emotional exchange between Butch (Kevin Costner), who has escaped from prison, and Philip (T.J. Lowther), a young boy he took hostage. Like Bonnie and Clyde in `` Bonnie and Clyde '' (67), their relationship seems like that of a father and son, with some quasi-family elements. To begin with, Clint Eastwood's directorial works have a history of depicting pseudo-family-like father-son relationships. For example, the relationship between the main character of `` The Rookie '' (1990) and his partner, a young detective, the relationship between the main character of `` Unforgiven '' and a young bounty hunter, or the relationship between the main character of `` Gran Torino '' (2008) and his neighbor's house. relationship with the boy, etc. In `` Honkytonk Man '' (1982), Clint Eastwood co-starred with his own son Kyle Eastwood, playing a singer who travels with his nephew like father and son.

Clint and Kyle are blood related in real life, but father-son relationships are an important theme in Eastwood's films, as you can see from the fact that they have portrayed a father-son relationship that goes beyond reality. be. To support this, when ``A Perfect World'' was released, similarities with ``Honkytonk Man'' were pointed out, and when ``Gran Torino'' was released, similarities with ``A Perfect World'' were pointed out. There was also a background that it had been done. At the same time, this is due to the absence of fatherhood, and a similar theme can be found in the relationship between father and daughter in The Mule (18), for example. All the more so since the role of Clint Eastwood's daughter in this movie was his own daughter Alison Eastwood, who had a feud with Clint Eastwood in real life.

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Clint Eastwood born in 1930 and Kevin Costner born in 1955. The two, who have the same age difference as a father and son, seemed to form a relationship similar to that of a father and son during the production of the film. However, the two share a common background of being both actors and directors, which causes tension on set. This is because Eastwood, who shoots quickly, and Costner, who takes time to rehearse and direct, have different approaches to directing. Of course, Eastwood is the director, and although Costner plays the lead role, he is only an actor. Therefore, it is forbidden to interfere too much with the production. However, the directing methods of the two people, who are from different generations, showed discrepancies, which sometimes led to heated arguments.

For example, there is an episode like this. Angrily waiting in his trailer, Costner learns that Eastwood was using Costner's stand-in to take the pull shot, even though he was not present at the scene. Eastwood didn't want Costner's opinions on him, so he warned him, ``I can take shots where you can't see my face without you.'' Since then, Costner has been reluctant to leave Eastwood's side to prevent filming from proceeding without his knowledge. However, this led to disagreements, and filming was interrupted many times.

The feud between Costner and Eastwood, who have directing experience