When talking manliness our thoughts invariably wander to Clint Eastwood. He has been a paragon of Hollywood masculinity since well before I was born and has aged into a codgery reminder of bygone values of self-reliance and grim determination. What some of you might not know is that he has a son (one of several children with…several women), who wants to be a leading man, just like his father.
Scott Eastwood has decidedly hitched his wagon to his father’s rugged good looks and manly charms. In 2013 he did a photo shoot for Town & Country, which had him perfectly coiffed and done up maximally preppy on a yacht off the coast of Newport, CA, channeling the very model of Ivy League elitism paired with the text
People assumed that I would have everything handed to me, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. I was on my own just doing the grind.
One wonders how true that is, considering one of his earliest credited roles was Gran Torino and profiles frequently (if not universally) refer to him as Clint Eastwood’s son. Since 2013 there has been a concerted effort to make Scott Eastwood happen. Movie and TV roles, modeling gigs, an Instagram account that gets linked by gossip rags whenever he shows up shirtless, and codgery co-interviews with Clint discussing the pussy generation (a fun brouhaha to read about), but while he inherited many of his father’s features, it remains to be seen if he can pull off his father’s gravitas or effortless machismo.
To quote The Streets “Yeah yeah like I said you are really fit/But my gosh don’t you just know it.” Regardless, he’s handsome, a bit of a ham in a way that walks a fine line between adorably goofy and overly packaged, and I’d undeniably hit it like the fist of an angry god if I had the opportunity.
Never say I’m not benevolent.
It’s a combo day!
Combo day is good.
Pretty hot for a smooth guy. He’s got his father’s snarky grin, which is a plus. Thanks, jesse.
Apparently, squinting in the sun is mandatory to complete the Eastwood look!
The cigar chomping look in his Twitter that apes his father is a good one, but after your featurette I find myself l, lowly proletariat, feeling oddly sorry for this dude? (inflection intentional)
P.S. sorry if this annoying hetero kills any boners with the Eeor ‘tude, I just set my expectation extremely high after reading that this is the one and only Clint Eastwood’s offspring.
Don’t worry, he’s one of eight kids. I’m not sure what any of the other ones are up to.
Sorry, that should have been phrased differently, like “the one and only Clint Eastwood, his offspring.” My bad. The chomping cigar thing looks exactly like his dad. Hope he finds his own distinct differentiator if he wants to break out like his pop.
Didn’t kill any boner here HeteroPomp. Same here. I dont know about heritability but I do know this: Almost every family I know has at least one homosexual in it…except mine on my father’s side. My mother’s side does. I asked my father about that once and his reply was ‘Oh, that comes through the mother’s genes’.
I started looking around and tracing branches and…could be something to that. Nature? Nurture?
I always thought it was funny that the people that claim homosexuality is a choice insist that they themselves were born straight (even if they often dont turn out to be as straight as they claim).
Sorry Jesse, I looked at the photos and thought “Oh, look, there is some dude. Who is that guy and why are we looking at pictures of him? “
He’s got a couple of those. I was trying not to poach anything I wasn’t sure of the licensing for, but this shot nails the look really well. I think he’s a handsome enough fellow, and the hot guy/goofball thing works VERY well for me. I just wish he’d stop trying to be his father while claiming self-made-ness.
Oh, he’s hot as hell with that scruff. And the plaid pattern in the swim trunks reveals just enough.
I wouldn’t kick it out of bed, but I’d keep looking elsewhere. He’s a little too “All-American” for my taste.
Me: Is prep still the term for perfectly coiffed east coast douchebaggery on a yacht?
BF: Yeah, why?
Me: I was looking for the right word to describe Scott Eastwood
BF: Nailed it.
Interesting, what happened with your link, Gilmore did last week. Leading %20 and no : after http/https. You using an easification tool for links?
Yep. Failed to clear the hint text while using Monocle.
Don’t be too hard on him Jesse. Oh, I phrased that wrong. Go easy….oh, shit never mind.
My first father-in-law was a giant of man. Not just physically but his personality and morals as well. His first son was a carbon copy of him and the apple of his father’s eye. His second son, not so much. Then the first son came down with leukemia and died at 20 years old.
I knocked heads a few times with the younger son and we never got along well. Years later when I wasn’t nearly as smart as I was when I was younger I started thinking about that younger son. He was never good enough, could never measure up to his father’s expectations, could never stand in the shoes of his older brother. He made pathetic attempts to put on a brave face and convince everyone that he was doing that. He made a fool of himself over and over which of course made it all worse. I feel bad about how I interacted with him all those years ago but you cant unring that bell.
How well would any of us hold up being Clint Eastwood’s son? Would we do as well as…uh…Scott.? That dude. *points at photo*
So I recently decided to watch the X-Men movies. Hugh Jackman totally reminds me of Clint. He should be doing old westerns. Hit me during one of the films where he’s standing in front of an explosion calmly smoking a stoogie, and I’m like that dude is totally a young Clint Eastwood.
Maybe this one
http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/mst3k/images/e/e3/RiffTrax-_Hugh_Jackman_in_X-Men_The_Last_Stand.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140609072331
Hugh Jackman could do westerns *now*
But young Jackman? Pass.
“Are you not entertained? AM I NOT MERCIFUL?”
I was entertained by your quiet desperation for bullet points in the lynx.
….Wherever there are phrases, short sentences, or paragraphs organized in list-form seeking proper typographical annotation….
… I’ll be there.
For you, in full
NO!!! YOU DONT USE PERIODS IN LISTS!!!!! NO! NO! NO!
(i come from the Semi-colons only sect of Powerpointism)
Dammit – done not post.
In full typographical glory.
TL;DR
That’s what the Pope said!
Next time Manly Mondays has no tatas and lady bum, remember Gilmore’s comment here.
I think it might be better to skip the Maxim-esque stuff entirely and go straight to the Toms of Finland
Is Tom of Finland even risqué anymore? His art is on a stamps in his home country.
Maybe I’ll do something when I get around to seeing his biopic which came out in January.
I’m pretty sure its used to illustrate 3rd graders homework by now.
I read that to mean you intend to feature hobo-era Joachim Phoenix next week.
I still remember when Joaquin Phoenix was just a kid.
Hell I remember River as a kid.
No, this is when River was a kid.
But now we’re departing from Manly Monday to Milo’s territory.
Well at least in my link he was old enough to hustle.
“When talking manliness our thoughts invariably wander to Clint Eastwood.”
Not for me man. It was all Magnum P.I. in my world.
Get to know Rufus fun fact: I bought a Detroit Tigers cap because of him.
Tom Selleck makes my trousers snug.
Had you pegged more as a Rick kinda guy….but whatev.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UGYKU7mbv74
Sledge Hammer! or GTFO.
No way. Jim Rockford
Oh I don’t know. Magnum PI had a great mustache. But manliness? Clint in The Outlaw Josey Wales. Ball cap? Screw that. I bought a cap and ball .44 after seeing Josey Wales.
“Buzzards gotta eat same as worms”
I’m pretty easy going around here but you go after Magnum one more time…
He does absolutely nothing for me. :\ Clint at his current age is far sexier, even.
I appreciate the gaying up of this website nonetheless.
Hugh Jackman is 48. I’d be very happy to hear that’s young.
Also, this kid Scott is too pretty to be taken seriously. Maybe in another 20 years.
The movie I was watching was Last Stand which is 11 years old so younger.
Kyle Chandler, anyone? It’s impressive that he’s perhaps the most attractive man on a show (“Friday Night Lights”) full of attractive men.
My folks used to love Early Edition. My roommate only knows him as “pink mist guy from Grey’s Anatomy” (he was a bomb squad guy who [spoilers!] gets blown up)
OT.
I just took my almost 5 year old to his first organized team sports activity. It is hilarious watching a bunch of 4 year olds trying to learn basic soccer fundamentals.
SPREAD OUT!
no kidding. all 15 kids chasing one ball.
we used to call them the ducklings, running around in a big group around the ball on their itty-bitty field. Most adorable soccer games to watch, for sure.
I’M DRINKING TEA OUT OF A SQUARE MUG!
Just throwing this somewhere. Thought it was nice. Needs to be used more often.
http://i.imgur.com/b0GazAm.gif
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