Patric swazee in bar bouncer movie9/10/2023 but this kind of deal: $100 million grossers. "Mask' was probably the best thing for me in my career. That's not to say that I haven't done movies. "I've found after 21 years in this game (acting) that the lack of involvement with a major, major, major through-the-roof box-office thing (hit) has kept me from getting scripts that I'd like to get. "I've got too much affinity for Westerns to say this is a modern-day Western. I think I have too much of a feel for Westerns to compare this to the Westerns. "I hadn't really thought about it as such. "The obvious comparisons are there to be drawn," says Elliott. "People don't like to hear the truth, always, particularly if it's about them."Īnd the truth is: Don't take "Road House" too seriously, and please don't compare it to a modern-day Western. Now I find people wanting to work with me. "Hopefully, on some level, maybe that will catch up to me. "I expend so much energy just doing what I do in that I have an acting career and that I have a family _I don't want to waste time" hoping they will hire him for the next job. I think I probably do it out of stupidity or I do it out of a desire to be honest with the game but not try to fool somebody. "I think I probably get myself into as much trouble as I always did. He explains: "Do I sound less outspoken (now)?" he asks. ![]() In "Road House," he appears in a violent film yet Elliott despises violence. When he made his breakthrough film in 1976 "Lifeguard" he was outspoken about the problems he had with the way it was being publicized. "As a whole, there was a lot of slashing down of this relationship with this kid that he loved. "It was backstory about Garrett's character and the relationships between Swayze and. ![]() That's really what was imparted in that scene. , founded upon not much and that there is in fact something else that is worth pursuing or at least worth searching for. He's learned that this game that they're in this thing that they do for a living is. "In fact, I thik Garrett has evolved this kind of philosophy of his own whether it is based upon cynicism or whatever you want to call it. "He (Garrett) ribbed Patrick (Dalton) he called him a fighting philosopher in this scene that got dumped. all those guys who are 18 to 24 years old are going to be out of the theater. "This thing flies along at such a pace, to sit down and have this heart-to-heart conversation between two actors (Swayze and Elliott). "You've got to be objective about it and know it (that particular cut) was out of another movie, because it was. I'm a big boy, although on some level you can say, yaaah, why. "The first cut of this movie was three hours and 20 minutes long. "It was out of another movie," Elliott says. Now, about that scene that was cut from "Road House". I don't think (Sylvester) Stallone could move like him. Yeah, but Arnold ain't gonna move like this kid. I don't think physically there is any other actor that could have done what he did, shooting this picture. I think that quality comes across in his work. There is no doubt in my mind that he's a real human being. I think that's refreshing in this day and age. "I don't think he's particularly comfortable in that position. I have a lot of respect for him as an actor, because I see him in this position that he's finding himself in (sudden popularity and fame). "The old" Elliott enjoyed working with "the young" Swayze on "Road House." but I can grow my beard my beard is as gray as my hair and be old." "No matter how old a guy I am (he plays), I love being referred to as an old man. "I feel lucky to get in it," Elliott says. ![]() Garrett, on the other hand, realizes that wild men (and women) in a bar every night of your life is not what it's cracked up to be.Įlliott plays a man old enough to be Swayze's father in "Road House." In reality, he is 44 Swayze is 36. Dalton is a younger bouncer the hottest thing on the bar scene. (Gazzara wound up with that role.) And it came to me a month later (with the Garrett part) and I said I'll have another look at it."Įlliott got the role of Garrett, who plays the mentor to Dalton (played by Swayze). the role that I was being offered was Wesley, the heavy, and I turned it down. You know, it's Mad magazine not to be taken too seriously. "If you take any of this too seriously, then you're going to be so put off by the delivery of it. Also starring in "Road House" are Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch and Ben Gazzara. "This film was a lot of fun, regardless of what you feel about the finished product," says the 44-year-old Elliott, who plays veteran bouncer Wade Garrett in "Road House," which opened in the Oklahoma City area last week. But Sam Elliott still has a soft spot in his heart for "Road House." The resulting film contains gratuitous violence and sex. NEW YORK CITY His best scene was left on the cutting room floor.
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