“I’ve seen some behavior in this business that is shocking,” the son of Clint Eastwood said.

Scott Eastwood recalls entitled costar who exited movie mid-production: ‘Don’t be a piece of s‑‑‑’

"I've seen some behavior in this business that is shocking," the son of Clint Eastwood said.

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- Scott Eastwood isn't mincing his words about a former costar's behavior.

- "I've seen some behavior in this business that is shocking," he said in a recent podcast interview. "That would not go in other industries, but for some reason because because they're stars, right?"

- His latest film, *Lucky Strike*, is now in theaters.

Scott Eastwood isn't mincing his words about being a decent person in show business.

The *Lucky Strike* actor and son of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood recently got candid about a costar's abrupt exit after committing to a film project.

"Some of the accountability in this industry is just unbelievable," the younger Eastwood said during an appearance on *The Joe Rogan Experience*. "I just worked with somebody and, without saying any names, people get too famous for too long and think the world owes them something."

He alluded to the costar struggling to "do the right thing" in the situation. "It's black and white. Do the right thing. Don't be a piece of s‑‑‑. You you can't do that. That's unacceptable behavior."

Scott Eastwood in New York in 2025.

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When pressed for more information by host Joe Rogan, Eastwood recalled working on a movie and said that after pre-production started, a costar wasn't interested in sticking with the project. The right thing to do, per Eastwood, was to pay back the investor.

"They decided after we'd already spent a bunch of money that they just didn't want to work with this other person and didn't want to do the job," he said. "I was like, 'Okay, then you need to pay that money back to the person who invested in you.' They were like, 'I'm not gonna do that.'"

The actor, whom Eastwood didn't identify, "just left," he said. "It was their their directorial, their story, their thing. And it was just like, bro, you that you took money from somebody."

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He added, "I've seen some behavior in this business that is shocking. That would not go in other industries, but for some reason because because they're stars, right?" Eastwood implied that some people in the entertainment industry want to be actors just to be famous.

He then explained why he followed in his father's footsteps in the film industry. "I love telling stories and when we're doing a creative endeavor and you move people, whether you'll make them laugh, make them cry, whatever," he said. "But the whole other side of that is like just really ugly."

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Clint, 96, wasn't focused on the fame side of storytelling and was more focused on the work ethic, Scott added. "He's just a put-your-boots-on, go-to-work man. It happens to be an a creative endeavor, which is really cool and gets to use that, you know, use that muscle."

He cotninued: "My dad was never like that. He was like, it's a job. Like go to work, do the best you can, put in the reps, make sure you know your s‑‑‑ and you come prepared, and you have something interesting, but leave it at the door."

Clint Eastwood and Scott Eastwood at the 'Invictus' premiere in Los Angeles in 2009.

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Scott's acting credits include his father's movies *Flags of Our Fathers**,* *Gran Torino*, *Invictus*, and *Trouble with the Curve*. Other credits include *Suicide Squad**,* *The Fate of the Furious**, **Snowden*, and *Regretting You*.

*Lucky Strike *is now in theaters.

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