Famous Movie Monologues

Exclusive Interview: Brendan Wayne Follows in Famous Grandfather's Footsteps ...

Two things are going to happen tomorrow. One, Cowboys & Aliens is coming out. Two, John Wayne is back on the screen … sorta.

Brendan Wayne, grandson of the famous actor, will be in the movie as Deputy Lyle. Daemon’s Movies had the immense pleasure to chat with the very engaging Brendan Wayne about his role, how it is to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps and what is coming next for him.

Check out what he had to say below and don’t forget to go see Cowboys & Aliens which is coming out this Friday July 29 at a theater near you As an actor I obviously keep my head down in the stream of information. I got a call from my manager and he said, ‘There’s a film coming out called “Cowboys and Aliens”.’ I said, ‘What?’ He said, ‘Yeah,’ and I said, ‘Okay.

Is it low budget or a modified low budget? What is this?’ He said, ‘No, man. This is the real deal. This is [Steven] Spielberg.’ I was like, ‘”Cowboys and Indians”?’ I was so perplexed. I was like, ‘You’re kidding me right now.’ Sure enough I found out that it was [Jon] Favreau was directing and Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig and I was like, ‘You’re kidding me right now.’ He said no and I said, ‘I don’t care who you have to kill, lets get in on this movie.’

At the time I was out doing a play in Hollywood, an original with my wife, Sara [Arrington]. Most of the time you do plays in L.A. and you do them just because you want to act. Not because anyone is going to come see it. But Sarah Finn who cast the movie happened to come see our play. She loved it and came up to me afterwards and was like, ‘Keep your look. I’m casting something and I’m going to bring you in when the time is right.’ Then she brought me in and it was fantastic. I didn’t hear anything for, it seemed like four months, but two months. Usually if you don’t hear something for a week you’re done.

Two months later I heard, ‘You’re going in for a horse riding callback.’ I was like, ‘You have to be kidding me.’ So, I brought my horse down and I think that sufficiently surprised them. I called my buddy who has a ranch and I keep my horse there and he’s the one who really got me ready to ride out here. He’s a stuntman. He was on ‘Iron Man’ and is amazing. He said, ‘Bring your horse.’ I said, ‘Do you want to bring it down for me.’ He said, ‘Sure. I’ll meet you over there.’ And he knew a couple of the wranglers who were there. So, it was nice. After that point, they saw me ride and were like, ‘Alright, I have no question that we can use him the way that we want to,’ which I didn’t know exactly how they wanted to use me.

movie_quotes: Famous Movie Monologues

I came up with (what I think is) a fun new idea for the community. I thought we could try and recite a popular monologue or just any collection of speech from a movie. Someone starts and then others comment with the next line, one or two sentences at a time. Try not to repeat but carry it as far as it will go! I won't give the movie, so that's up to be guessed as well.

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