Scott Eastwood clarified the actor’s career status after resurfaced comments from his brother, Kyle Eastwood, led to speculation about Clint’s retirement from Hollywood.
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Clint Eastwood may still be doing show business after all.
The Oscar-winning actor’s son, Scott Eastwood, clarified his career status in a new interview after a resurfaced video led to speculation about Clint’s retirement from Hollywood.
Rumors began swirling last week after comments from Scott’s brother, Kyle Eastwood, reemerged on social media. During a November 2025 performance at the Maison de la Culture in France, the jazz bassist and composer said he had “many fond memories of working with” Clint Eastwood, adding, “Now he’s retired. He’s 95 years old.” (Clint turned 96 on May 31).
In an interview with ScreenRant published Tuesday, June 9, Scott Eastwood addressed his father’s rumored retirement, saying, “We’ll see.”
“I have not heard that from his mouth at all,” Scott told the outlet. “So, I don’t know what that feels like. His career in general has been something to admire, something to be inspired by, and continues to inspire me. The work, the artistry that he’s done on and off screen: producing, writing, composing, directing, acting. The body of work is incredible.”
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives of Clint Eastwood for comment.
Scott Eastwood has followed in his father’s Hollywood footsteps over the years, appearing in several films such as “Texas Chainsaw,” “The Longest Ride,” “Suicide Squad,” “The Fate of the Furious” and the upcoming military drama “Lucky Strike.”
“What your dad has done for all of us, and I’m not talking just about directors, but has shown what we are capable of doing as human beings into a very late age,” Scott’s “Lucky Strike” director, Rod Lurie, told ScreenRant. “It makes you just want to continue to accomplish.”
Lurie added: “‘Juror #2,’ his last movie, is pretty masterful, especially for somebody of that age. And it’s really just something to behold. Your dad should be on the Mount Rushmore of Hollywood.”
Clint Eastwood, beloved for his tough guy persona and roles in the Dollars Trilogy, “Dirty Harry” “The Bridges of Madison County” and “Million Dollar Baby,” reflected on his decades-long career in a 2018 interview with USA TODAY.
“Maybe I just don’t want a certain volume of work, but, no, it hasn’t lessened,” Clint said of his desire to work. “I love what I do.”
The actor’s most recent onscreen performance was Mike Milo in the 2021 coming-of-age Western “Cry Macho.” In 2024, he directed “Juror #2,” a legal thriller starring Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette and J.K. Simmons.
“I’ll probably keep on going. I feel good, but it depends on [the] material,” Clint told USA TODAY. “I probably wouldn’t do something just because it was marginal – I have to kind of think it has some validity and has some relationship to today.”
Contributing: Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY
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