Speaking previously with Cowboys and Indians, Dern was asked if he was intimated by Wayne on set at all. He replied: “I might have been. But right at the start, he says to me, ‘I want you to ...

Wayne's long career, which sprawled from the 1920s to the 1970s, began to acquire its monolithic shape after director John Ford cast him as the Ringo Kid in 1939's Stagecoach (following a 10-year ...

John Wayne is an iconic star known primarily for Westerns, with many of his best quotes delivered in films like The Searchers and The Cowboys.

Half a century later, Dern has said he still receives hate mail after his character Asa Watts killed Wayne’s Wil Andersen in The Cowboys. But he knew it was coming and so did Duke. Asked if he ...

Bruce Dern faced challenges securing acting roles after starring alongside John Wayne i n The Cowboys. His difficulties started even before the 1972 Western's filming commenced, as Wayne, who had ...

While most of John Wayne’s films from the ‘70s were forgettable, The Cowboys teases how effective he could’ve been in his 60s and 70s with proper guidance, as the 1972 film, along with its ...