Summary

• Clint Eastwood’s iconic portrayal makes recasting the Man with No Name difficult, but Walton Goggins could be a strong contender.
• Goggins’ previous Western roles and his performance in the series Fallout prove his potential as a replacement for the Man with No Name.
• Fallout showed Goggins’ ability to play a morally questionable hero and suggested he could bring more depth to the legendary character in the remake.

The search for a new actor to play Clint Eastwood as the Man with No Name in the remake of For a handful of dollars continues, but a science fiction series may have produced the next Western legend. A remake of For a handful of dollars was recently confirmed, although the project is still in its infancy. Although there is still a long way to go, the remake will soon need to find a new actor to play Clint Eastwood’s greatest Western character, the Man with No Name.

The problem with recasting the Man with No Name is that Clint Eastwood was just perfect for the role. The actor who took the reins in the remake of For a handful of dollars will probably never be able to top his performance, and only the best of the best could come close to Eastwood. There are many capable candidates for the role, from Western stars like Timothy Olyphant to Clint Eastwood’s own son, Scott Eastwood. One actor recently threw his (cowboy) hat into the ring in an unorthodox way: in a science fiction television series based on a video game.

Fallout proved that Walton Goggins can play the Man with No Name

Walton Goggins recently starred in Stand outa series about survivors of a nuclear apocalypse. He played Cooper Howard, a former movie star who was transformed into an immortal and highly irradiated person called Ghoul. Stand out is science fiction through and through – it focuses on the effects of radiation, high-tech weapons and cold fusion – but Goggins’ character was a real cowboy. The ghoul was such a great gunslinger that Stand out has basically proven that Walton Goggins would be perfect for the role of the Man with No Name. Despite all its science fiction, Stand out gave Goggins the chance to demonstrate all the skills he would need to succeed Eastwood.

Cooper Howard acted in western films before the apocalypse, and the ghoul dropped acting and became a real gunslinger in the world of Stand outHowever, their profession wasn’t the only thing that connected the ghoul to the Man With No Name. They also played essentially the same role: both the ghoul and the Man With No Name were dangerous and mysterious outsiders who, despite their rough exteriors and questionable original motives, ultimately wanted to help the people around them. Stand out was essentially an audition for For a handful of dollarsand Walton Goggins delivered a great performance.

Walton Goggins has a long history with Westerns before Fallout

While Stand out Walton Goggins’ skills in the Western genre have been brought to mind again, but this is by no means the first time that the actor has played a cowboy. Goggins has an extensive filmography of Western films and series and is arguably one of the most prolific Western actors of our time. From supporting roles in films such as The hateful eight the role of the main villain in a long-running series like JustifiedGoggins has more than proven himself as a Western star. With so much experience in this genre, it is hard to find someone better suited to play the lead role For a handful of dollars.

Although Walton Goggins has more than enough experience to justify the role of the Man Without a Name, Stand out is perhaps still the best example of how good he could be in this role. In many of Goggins’ previous western roles, he was either an outright villain or at least a slimy supporting character. In Stand outHowever, Goggins has proven that he can lead a project and play a morally questionable hero. Goggins’ time as a ghoul could even contribute something to the remake of For a handful of dollars which none of his other projects could achieve.

Walton Goggins could use the Ghoul to release an update for a handful of dollars

The decision to remake For a handful of dollars has proven to be controversial. It is the beginning of the dollar Trilogy in which Clint Eastwood first became the Man with No Name and an all-time Western classic. There seemed no reason to remake it – it’s already a near-perfect film. The remake has to justify its existence, and one way to do that is to add something essential For a handful of dollars or the man without a nameFortunately, his experiences as a ghoul provided Walton Goggins with the perfect opportunity to enrich such a legendary character.

The remake of A Fistful of Dollars could take a cue from Fallout and essentially create two different characters played by the same actor: the man with no name and the man he was before he donned the serape.

A big reason the Man With No Name is such a legend is his mysteriousness: he shows up, helps anyone who needs help, reveals nothing about himself or his past, and leaves. It’s incredibly compelling and has made him a mythical figure, but it’s unlikely to be repeated. The character already has a past, and no one – not even Goggins – can completely match Eastwood. But what Goggins can do and what Stand out It has been proven that it is possible to give the man without a name a backstory that does not detract from his mystique.

The background story of the ghoul in Stand out was shown through Cooper Howard, the man he once was. Giving the Ghoul this backstory made him much more compelling than he would have been as a simple gunslinger: it made him a tragic and empathetic character. However, it also didn’t take away from his mystique, largely due to Goggins’ outstanding performance in both roles. The fact that Goggins was able to make the Ghoul such a compelling and mysterious gunslinger despite such an extensive backstory proves that he could do the same for the Man with No Name..

Exploring the backstory of the Man with No Name may be a controversial idea, but it could be executed quite well. The remake of For a handful of dollars could be a page of Stand out‘s book and essentially created two different characters played by the same actor: the man with no name and the man he was before he put on the serape. That would actually expand the mythos around him without destroying the things that are already so great. With Walton Goggins in the saddle, the remake of For a handful of dollars could discover a whole new side of the man without a name.