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It feels safe to say that Clint Eastwood<\/a> won\u2019t act in another movie again, but you never know. After all, Juror No. 2 was repeatedly cited as the legendary star and filmmaker\u2019s cinematic swansong, but those words never actually came out of his mouth.<\/p>\n Under most circumstances, you\u2019d expect a guy who released his 40th feature from behind the camera at the age of 94 to call it a day, but this is Clint Eastwood. He\u2019ll stop when he\u2019s damned good and ready, but after the fake interview fiasco<\/a> raised false hope, he hasn\u2019t confirmed or denied that he\u2019s got at least one more left in him.<\/p>\n Whether or not his directing days are behind him, acting seems to be in his past. The four-time Academy Award winner had been taking a backseat as a performer for decades anyway, and he\u2019s only played four onscreen roles in the last 20 years, with Cry Macho his most recent showcase. Time catches up with everyone eventually, although he did have a morbid suggestion for what could bring him back.<\/p>\n Eastwood has been talking about retiring as an actor for almost as long as he\u2019s been directing. He thought he was done after Million Dollar Baby, before Gran Torino changed his mind. He thought he was done after that, too, until he decided to pull a favour for his prot\u00e9g\u00e9<\/a>, Robert Lorenz, and add some star power to his feature-length debut, The Trouble with the Curve.<\/p>\n He probably thought he was done after The Mule, and again after Cry Macho, so it\u2019s foolish to rule anything out. As unlikely as it seems for someone in their mid-90s to read a script that moves them so much that there\u2019s no other option than to get back in the performative saddle, Eastwood has proven that it\u2019s impossible to write him off.<\/p>\n However, he definitely won\u2019t be dusting himself off and getting back in front of the cameras for the follow-up to a film that starred his good friend, Morgan Freeman, although he did joke that it could be the perfect vehicle for a man of his advancing years when talking to Indie London<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI had always planned when I started directing in 1970 that after a few years I\u2019d get tired of looking at myself onscreen and say, \u2018Hey, let\u2019s not do that any more,’\u201d he admitted. \u201cBut then every once in a while, something pops up. I\u2019m not saying it won\u2019t happen again, but probably, the odds get less as you set yourself for roles that fit your age group. Unless I do The Bucket List 2!\u201d<\/p>\n