S. Craig Zahler’s 2015 movie “Bone Tomahawk” is an exceptionally well-made Western constructed round a stellar Kurt Russell efficiency. The character he performs, Sheriff Hunt, would possibly as nicely be an older model of his “Tombstone” character Wyatt Earp, because the two share a number of similarities — not least of which is having some kick-ass facial hair. But when Russell had his manner, Hunt would have regarded very completely different. As he advised Esquire:
“For [Sheriff Hunt], I needed to do a special model of him as a result of I used to be preparing for ‘The Hateful Eight.’ I’d have modified my look considerably for this one. I’d’ve had a lot shorter hair. Males on the time sometimes had shorter hair, however I regarded round and there have been every kind of various seems to be. However I used to be actually preparing for Quentin’s film and I had no alternative as a result of we completed on a Saturday morning at 10:00 and I began rehearsal on Quentin’s film Monday morning at 8:00. I needed to proceed to develop my mustache. Not my beard. I reduce my beard down, however I continued to develop the mustache, so it was a large factor for ‘Hateful Eight.’ It is a completely different look and I used to be preparing for it. I needed to cheat it. So the look I’ve in ‘Bone Tomahawk’ was form of a midway home factor, midway to the place I used to be going for ‘Hateful Eight.’ It is in full blown maturity in ‘Hateful Eight!’ It is a mustache carrying a person in, not the opposite manner round! [John Ruth] is a far completely different man. He is an even bigger that life character. The mustache mentioned quite a bit.”
“Bone Tomahawk” largely flew below the radar when it was launched, however when you’re in search of a lean, cruel film with a robust premise, top-tier Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins performances, an unimaginable sense of rigidity, and one notably brutal kill scene that you’re going to always remember, this one checks the entire bins. Would “Bone Tomahawk” have been a greater movie if Russell’s character had shorter locks (or, god forbid, no mustache)? Hell no. In relation to the hair, I will take “The Factor” Kurt Russell over “Soldier” Kurt Russell each single time.