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Is Clint Eastwood in the Spaghetti Westerns an aspie?

Loomis

Loomis

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I was thinking about the strong silent type of man in a lot of movies. It is a stereotypical role with actors like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart etc. And I began to wonder whether some of these actors might be aspies. Clearly some are not. Gary Cooper is definitely not an aspie. I am not so sure about Humphrey Bogart he seems to interact pretty well with Lauren Bacall, But Clint Eastwood strikes me as someone who may be covering up his aspergers with a tough guy act. If I remember right there is no small talk or casual social interactions in For a Fistful of Dollars and the sequels. My memory of his other movies is not so great.

What do you think? Is Clint Eastwood an aspie? Even if he is not, is "the man with no name" character an aspie?
 
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Well, there's the man & there's the character. i know in real life, he's a tea-sipping, non drinking or smoking health food/organic food nut. I know he's been married multiple times, has a couple (I think) of kids & is nothing at all like those on screen roles, many of which he played no role in writing or directing. Some of the hyper-masculine characters seem Aspie-ish in some ways BUT they seem too 'macho', confident & decisive (no anxiety or insecurities whatsoever!) to be Aspies. They don't have odd obsessions or collect odd things.
 
You are right. I forgot about the anxiety factor in aspies. His charecter is more sociopath than aspie.
 
Woody Allen gives me an Aspie vibe. An intelligent (very skilled in 1 domain), socially awkward, chronically anxious & neurotic.
 
Loomis said:
I was thinking about the strong silent type of man in a lot of movies. It is a stereotypical role with actors like Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart etc. And I began to wonder whether some of these actors might be aspies. Clearly some are not. Gary Cooper is definitely not an aspie. I am not so sure about Humphrey Bogart he seems to interact pretty well with Lauren Bacall, But Clint Eastwood strikes me as someone who may be covering up his aspergers with a tough guy act. If I remember right there is no small talk or casual social interactions in For a Fistful of Dollars and the sequels. My memory of his other movies is not so great.

What do you think? Is Clint Eastwood an aspie? Even if he is not, is "the man with no name" character an aspie?
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That's exaclty what I'm thinking. This guy fits the asperger syndrome's symptoms
 
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