Clint and Scott Eastwood.Photo: Emma McIntyre/Getty Images
Scott Eastwoodsays his dadClint Eastwoodhelped him decide not to return for moreSuicide Squadfilms — and it was mostly all about the Benjamins.
Scott, 35, starred in 2016’sSuicide Squadas Lt. GQ Edwards. According to the actor, Warner Bros. offered him a three-movie deal, including last year’s sequelThe Suicide Squad, but he turned it down at least in part because “they didn’t want to pay me any money for those next movies,” he toldInsider.
Additionally, “They didn’t have another script for the other movie, so I didn’t know what I was going to be signing myself up for,” he claimed. (Reps for Warner Bros. and DC did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.)
Scott said he told Clint, 91, " ‘They don’t want to pay me,’ " to which the four-timeAcademy Awardwinner replied, " ‘If it feels like they really need you and if it’s a good part, then do it. If not, then don’t.’ "
“I didn’t have the answer to those questions at that time,” Scott told Insider. “I wasn’t going to have the answers, and they were pressuring me. So ultimately it didn’t happen.”
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Scott Eastwood inSuicide Squad(2016).Warner Bros. Pictures
The Suicide Squadwriter-directorJames Gunnrecently participated inDeadline’sHero Nationpodcastfrom the Atlanta set of Marvel’sGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, where he also discussed future plans with HBO Max forcontent connected to his 2021 DC film.
The news comes as Gunn’s latest series for the streamer,Peacemaker,has been deemed a hit — with 95 percent critics' consensus onRotten Tomatoesand an audience score at 87 percent.
“We’re the biggest show in the world right now,” he added of the series starringJohn Cena, who reprises his role fromThe Suicide Squad. “The show is doing extraordinarily well, and we’re excited, we all like doing it, we just need to cross some T’s and dot some I’s, which is basically me.”
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As for what Scott has learned growing up with Hollywood’s most famous tough guy, the actor toldEsquireback in 2016, “My father’s definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity — to be places on time, show up and work hard.”
He also revealed he mightcontinue to follow in Clint’s footstepsand move behind the camera one day.
“Like he says, it’s feast or famine for an actor,” Scott said. “If you’re not creating your own material, then you’re just fighting for whatever’s out there. I definitely have the desire to go to the other side.”
source: people.com
