He's probably The greatest character of Steven King And appeared in eight novels, but Gunslinger, Roland Desque, is the hero that the renowned author revealed in his book to be inspired by one of the most beloved movie stars in history.

Making his debut in 1982, Roland appeared in the first book of the series "The Dark Tower", "The Dark Tower: Gunslinger". Starting with what will become a mass battle between good and evil, the story marked the first encounter between Roland and his longtime enemy and a favorite in the king, Randall Flagg. Known for wearing a long black daster and guns that always find its goal, Roland has become a wanderer hero similar to Clint Eastwood's man without a name. Of course, to look at any protagonist for pistol packaging is to make an obvious comparison with the The star who hid most of his career on the camera and shoot down bad guys.

For King, however, he actually made a conscious effort to emphasize what his readers were already thinking in both the third and the last book of the series. The first node of Eastwood was in a short bothering one character. The other was from King himself, when, after spending six years with Roland, Randall and a number of different characters, he decided to throw himself in the mix and allow Gunslinger to meet his producer.

In the third book in the series "The Dark Tower", "Waste Lands", AKEKEK Chambers walks the street and stops with a poster showing Clint Eastwood, calling the similarities between Hollywood legend and the last remaining pistol. "Eastwood wore a Mexican Serape. A cigarette was tightened in his teeth. He threw one side of Serape over his shoulder to release his gun. His eyes were pale, faded blue.

The next time the similarities are paid to the reader's attention is when Gunslinger talks with King directly in "Susana's song", the sixth book in the series. Before separating in ways, the author tells Roland: "As the man without a name - a fantastic version of Clint Eastwood - you were fine. It's a lot of fun to come together." This reference to the character that Eastwood was synonymous to confirm that King always had the icon on the screen. This is said, when it came time to bring live adaptation to the "dark tower" to bring to the screen, the choice of casting received a reaction from fans, to which King quickly addressed and defends.

When the rumors began to circulate in connection with Idris Elba to join the takeover of the epic saga of Nicholas Arcela on the epic saga of King, racist fans were massively loud that the tailor and hero with a double set of six shooters were not ordered. To try and put the fans in ease, The king took to F.Speaking of once casting Elba was confirmed. "For me, the color of the gun is not important," the author told the author. "What I care about is how fast he can draw ... and that he cares about the Ka-Tet."

While Elba certainly did the best he could in the role, along with Randall Flagg of Matthew McConaughey, he did not deliver the final product for fans, even for an ordinary audience. Boxing bomb after posting, King felt the film questions are in an attempt to condense an epic, bloody story in the PG-13 movieEven if he was personally happy with the outcome.

However, there may be hope, with Roland getting a second shot under the watchful eye of King's regular routine collaborator Mike Flanagan. Besides Handling TV -Show Download "Kerry" for AmazonDirector of "Doctor Sleep" and "Chuck Life" is also Trying your hand in the "dark tower" as a show for streaming service. We can only hope that anyone who collects Roland's guns can shoot directly and hide as Clint when the time comes.