Gran Torino: what incredible rumor was born following the announcement of this film?

Released in cinemas in 2008, the film Gran Torinoworn by Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang and Ahney Herwill be rebroadcast Sunday, August 14, 2022, from 9:05 p.m. on TF1. Realized by Clint Eastwood, this feature film features the character of Walt Kowalski. A retired Ford automaker and Korean War veteran, this Polish-American, Silver Star medalist, is played on screen by Clint Eastwood. He lives peacefully in a pavilion in the suburbs of Highland Park (Michigan) with Daisy, his yellow Labrador retriever dog.

Once a worker, this district is now mainly occupied by inhabitants from, after the Vietnamese debacle, Hmong immigration. It is also the scene of violence between criminal gangs. During his wife’s funeral, Walt is stunned by the superficiality of the young priest’s praise of his wife, as well as the disregard of his own sons, Mitch and Steveboth preoccupied with their own problems and their own families. Gran Torino marks the return of Clint Eastwood as an actor, four years later Million Dollar Baby. Furthermore, the cast of this film includes a majority of Hmong actors.

Gran Torino: fans believed in a return of Clint Eastwood in the skin of Inspector Harry

For the record, many rumors circulated about the plot of this feature film, following the official announcement of its start. The most credible reported a new episode of the saga Inspector Harry. The author of a quasi-anonymous letter explained that he had met with executives from Village Roadshow Pictures, looking for a 1972 Gran Torino for Clint Eastwood’s new film. He had also written that the feature film in question would be a thriller in which Inspector Harry Callahan would come out of retirement to hunt down the murderer of his policeman grandson, a man whose only car has been identified: a 1972 Ford Gran Torino. However, Clint Eastwood silenced the rumor at a press conference by saying that 78 years old, he was too old to return to service with the police.

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