John Wayne’s unbelievable moment with Richard Burton after Oscar win

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John Wayne’s unbelievable moment with Richard Burton after winning his True Grit Oscar

JOHN WAYNE won his only Oscar for True Grit, but did you know the incredibly surprising personal confession he told fellow Best Actor nominee Richard Burton at the 1970 Academy Awards?

After decades as a Hollywood star, John Wayne’s Oscars moment finally came when he starred as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. After reading Charles Portis’ novel, Duke actively campaigned for the starring role in the 1969 movie, which saw him collaborate once again with director Henry Hathaway. A year later, the 63-year-old picked up his Best Actor gong at the Academy Awards for the film, admitting: “Wow, if I’d have known that, I’d have put that patch on 35 years earlier.”

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