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The War Wagon: John Wayne was ‘furious’ with Kirk Douglas – ‘We never saw eye-to-eye’

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THE WAR WAGON star John Wayne, who had relied on an oxygen mask travelling to set due to his ill health, was left fuming after discovering why Kirk Douglas was late to the production one day. His co-star, who refused to call him Duke, later admitted “we have never seen eye-to-eye on a lot of things.”

In September 1966, John Wayne was set to shoot a Western heist movie, but he needed the right co-star to play his character’s former enemy Lomax. Burt Lancaster turned down The War Wagon part as he didn’t want to work with Duke, while Rod Taylor was intended for the role until Kirk Douglas showed interest. The Spartacus star had already co-starred with the Western legend in Cast a Giant Shadow and In Harm’s Way the previous two years, so he was well acquainted with him anyway.

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