His Name In The Script
If you thought that the character of “The Stranger” was perfect for Elliott, there might be a reason for that. “Well, they gave me a script. I read the script, and it says in the script, ‘There’s this Western voiceover, and Tumblin’ Tumbleweeds is playing in the background, and the voiceover sounds not unlike Sam Elliott.’ This is in the pages! So I read a little further on, and then this character appears, and it says, ‘And here’s The Stranger, looking not unlike Sam Elliott.’ So it was, like, that was the pitch: ‘Let’s put his name in the script. Maybe he’ll bite for it.’”
His Name In The Script
Working With Jeff Bridges
If he didn’t get cast in The Big Lebowski, we would likely not have been Kermit Newman in The Contender. Rod Lurie, the director and writer of The Contender, enjoyed seeing Elliott and Jeff Bridges working together, so he decided to cast Elliott in the movie.
Working With Jeff Bridges
