John Wayne likes novels by British detective writer Agatha Christie. However, his two favorite books are The White Company (1891) and Sir Nigel (1906) – two historical novels by Arthur Conan Doyle. Wayne is also a fan of Charles Dickens. He especially liked Dickens’s David Copperfield. And if the actor has reached a deal in business, he will always say “Barkis is ready!”, A phrase used by the character Barkis when he tells David Copperfield that he is ready to marry. with Peggotty.
Wayne’s real name is Marion Robert Morrison. But he often identifies himself as “Duke”. Until now, people still call him by that name. Wayne once said, “The guys you see in the movie are not really me. I’m Duke Morrison. I’ve never been and never will have a character in a movie like John Wayne. Because I need and have to get out of his life while acting. ” 10 secrets of the “American cowboy legend” -Wayne in Born to the West (1937)
John Ford once called Wayne a “boiled egg”.
Ford’s four Oscars for best director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) were a record but Ford dropped the 1939 Oscar for Wayne’s awkward performance in the movie Stage Coach. When Ford vented his anger on Wayne, an eyewitness described it: “I’m afraid he will kill him.” Another time, while instructing Wayne to act, Ford got angry and shouted, “Don’t you know how to walk? He walked like a hippo, lifeless. You look like a boiled egg! ”. But every time he met or met someone, talking about John Wayne, Ford always said: “Then he will become a star”. Indeed, Ford has a human eye.
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