John Wayne: Bruce Dern still receives hate mail for what he did to Duke on The Cowboys

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Bruce Dern recalls John Wayne being incredibly drunk on whisky on The Cowboys set when Duke told him, “Oh how they’re gonna hate you for this”.

Bruce Dern struggled to find acting jobs after co-starring opposite John Wayne in The Cowboys, which is on ITV4 this afternoon. His troubles began even before filming on the 1972 Western began. Duke had just given an incredibly controversial Playboy interview sharing his views on civil rights and the treatment of Native Americans. In fact, Laura Dern remembers at the time some of her friends’ parents ended up cancelling play dates with her because of her father’s involvement in the movie. But what happened on set affected his career even more.

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