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Eastwood’s rise to fame began in the 1960s, when he captured global attention through his roles in Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns, most notably The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. His portrayal of the quiet, steely-eyed gunslinger helped define a new kind of screen hero—one who relied on presence rather than words. That same understated intensity would later become his signature as both an actor and a director.
