Whether you buy it or not, it had nothing to do with Crowe.

Tin, the turnabout is in the book.

It's in the script.

That's the way the actor played it. That's the way the director wanted it.

This is not OUATITW. You may not like or buy 3:10 to Yuma but don't blame it on Crowe wanting to whitewash his character.

Be careful of putting your own hobbyhorse onto Crowe. Crowe may be guilty of much but not of this particular sin. If you must lay blame lay it on the right sinner

For all Crowe's off camera shennenigans and massive ego, he generally plays it straight with scripts and is not known for being overly protective of his characters in that way - he's possessive of his roles and he's certainly script conscious but he's generally not at all worried about looking pretty or being a nice guy on the screen.

You may be thinking of Mel Gibson, who demanded his dark character in 1999's Payback be given redeeming qualities. Gibson and writer/director Brian Helgeland famously clashed bigtime over it. The star got Payback taken away from Helgeland, much to the movie's detriment. (Helgeland was fired the week after he won an Oscar for LA Confidential.) Payback was eventually recut/restored/re-edited by the director in 2006.

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And totally OT, I loved Alan Tuddyk's character in 3:10 to Yuma.

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Topic - 3:10 to You Must be Kidding (spoilers) 2 stars of five - Duilawyer 06:03:13 01/28/08 (14)

Reminded me a bit of Brokeback Mountain* - jaiva 18:55:30 01/29/08 (1)

Everything usually does, Freak-o. * - mr grits 19:45:34 01/30/08 (0)

I wasn't bowled over by this one either.... - mr grits 07:58:49 01/28/08 (11)

I guess..like Crowe would go from cold blooded psychopath killer - Duilawyer 11:28:58 01/28/08 (10)

The signs were there all along... IF you were paying attention. nt - sjb 12:00:30 01/28/08 (9)

Isn't that James Coburn's big line in "The Last of Sheila"? - Duilawyer 13:53:37 01/28/08 (0)

I agree. * - mr grits 12:34:18 01/28/08 (0)

Really, who could pay attention to that clinker? A cold-blooded killer - tinear 12:05:29 01/28/08 (6)

Whether you buy it or not, it had nothing to do with Crowe. - Harmonia 20:46:02 01/28/08 (0)

Perfect analogy. Picture what Fonda did to the kid in OATITW - Duilawyer 13:51:50 01/28/08 (2)

But that's not the story, or the character. - sjb 15:44:50 01/28/08 (1)

Agreed.. - Harmonia 20:39:03 01/28/08 (0)

Um... that's the character... in both the book it was based on and when Glenn Ford played the role in 1957. - sjb 12:24:48 01/28/08 (1)

I'm sure you agree that artists take... artistic license when needed. But, that - tinear 14:25:24 01/28/08 (0)

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Whether you buy it or not, it had nothing to do with Crowe. - Harmonia 20:46:02 01/28/08 (0)

Whether you buy it or not, it had nothing to do with Crowe.

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