Few Westerns have maintained the true lasting power ofTombstone.
Well, all but one of them.
“He was very specific about how he wanted the moustaches,” Biehn explained.
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“He wanted them to curl up on the end.”
This required that the actors wax their mustache tips frequently, which the cast clearly took great pride in.
These two knew each other long before the Gunfight at the O.K.
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But not everyone was able to grow a mustache for the production.
Well, he may have been physically able, but he didn’t have the time.
“There was one guy,Jon Tenney.
“Because it wasn’t his real moustache.
He had to take his moustache off every day.”
More than that,Kurt Russell’s own involvementin the production helped makeTombstonethe Western powerhouse it is today.
A successful lawman’s plans to retire anonymously in Tombstone, Arizona are disrupted by the kind of outlaws he was famous for eliminating.
“Kurt Russell and [producer]Jim Jacksreally saved the movie,” Biehn asserted.
“Without Kurt’s leadership, that movie would have folded at that point.”
No doubt, the mustache morale helped its fair share as well.
