Sunday April 14, 2024 at 9pm, Arte broadcasts A Perfect World. Clint Eastwood’s film was released in 1993. However, during this time, the actor and director learned that he had a daughter, who had been given up for adoption a few years earlier.
During his lifetime, Clint Eastwood made many films as well as romantic adventures. He married twice, shared his life with three other women and even had a few extramarital affairs. So much so that the actor famous for his roles in Man from the High Plains (1973) and Pale Rider (1985) has at least eight children. But the number may be higher, for as biographer Patrick McGilligan attests, he may have had one while in high school. One of these children, without the actor’s knowledge, suddenly appeared in 1993, while Clint Eastwood was filming. Sunday April 14, 2024 at 9pm, Arte broadcasts Perfect World from 9.10pm. Chance to return to this unexpected story!
A look back at the astonishing discovery that changed the filming of A Perfect World and the life of Clint Eastwood
In A Perfect World (1993), Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood and Laura Dern share the poster. The film tells the story of the escape of two prison escapees who take a boy hostage. A strong bond will form between one of the hostage-takers and the child, while police officers and FBI agents begin pursuit. When released in theaters, the film received many positive reviews and grossed a total of 135 million USD. But another event occurred during filming that would change the director and actors’ lives forever. Because, as IMDB reveals, “in July, Clint Eastwood faced accusations from a 39-year-old woman from Lakewood, Washington. She researched his adoption and sure enough that he is his father. After asking his lawyer to run some tests, Clint agrees to have dinner with Laurie Murray. After this meeting, the pair decide to stay in touch but remain anonymous young girl. In December 2018, 25 years after this news was announced, the Daily Mail republished this touching family story.
Father Clint Eastwood at 63: this daughter was adopted that he didn’t know existed
In the summer of 1993, Laurie Murray made a surprising discovery. At the age of 39, the beauty is looking for her biological parents. Born on February 11, 1954, she was given up for adoption and taken in by a couple from Seattle. According to a friend of the person concerned, who spoke to the British daily: “Laurie really wanted to know who her real parents were and hired someone to help her. When they found the adoption papers adopted child, her biological mother named Clint Eastwood as the father.” . According to biographer Patrick McGilligan, the actor would never have known about this child’s birth and even less about his adoption. She was born from an extramarital affair, when Clint Eastwood was engaged to Margaret “Maggie” Neville Johnson. In her search for answers, Laurie Murray will track down her mother, who will deny any contact with her. But with his father, who became a movie star, things would be different. According to the Daily Mail, “the two established a close relationship, sharing a love of golf and outdoor activities. They vacationed with their families”. The Western director’s eldest daughter made her first public appearance in 2018 at the premiere of The Mule, along with the director’s seven other known children. Although over the years he has not always had time to spend with his family, being too busy with an often unstable career, it seems that the family is now more united than ever.