This article was originally published in 2018 and has been updated with subsequent releases, including Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Juror No. 2. ,Clint Eastwood has reinvented himself many times over the course of a career that now stretches back over 60 years,

Despite his illustrious career spanning six and a half decades, Eastwood very much nearly threw in the towel after fronting 'the worst movie ever made'. Clint Eastwood eventually became a western movie icon (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Juror #2” could be the 94-year-old director’s last movie—and yet you'd never know it from the muted release.

Clint Eastwood's last film was a box office flop, which might have been why he turned down the chance to direct one of 2024's most controversial films.