Joe Rogan talks to Scott Eastwood about having Clint Eastwood as his Dad

Hello freak bitches. And I just said, you know, hey, how can I help? How can I get involved? Because this means a lot to me. I'm a native Californian and I grew up going to Yosemite, you know, going hunting, going fishing, using the public lands. And so it was really important to me. You know, my dad was a state parks commissioner. Most people don't know that. When was this? What point was this? This was, this was gotta be before he was the mayor of Carmel? No, no, after. Really? Yeah, this was after. So fairly recently then. Yeah, probably in the last, I would say 15 years. I mean, I know he did it for a while and then got out. But, you know, he was big in the, do you remember the toll road going through San Clemente? No, I'm not aware of that. Yeah, so they were proposing, this was an Arnold Schwarzenegger was in office, and they were proposing a toll road to go through San Clemente, which goes through Trestles, which was a popular surf break. And he was, you know, everyone, you know, got behind it. Surfighter Foundation didn't want it because it was going to destroy the wave and ultimately destroy the national park there. And so he was big on that kind of stuff. And so I've always been, you know, sort of following his footsteps saying, and we got to, we got to get in front of this problem. Dude, your dad's Clint Eastwood. That's so crazy. Yeah. That's so crazy. What is it like having Clint Eastwood as a dad? Like, what's your dad do? My dad is Clint Eastwood, bitch. People just feel like, oh, shit. They just walk away confused. Like, what happened to me? I just got hit with a rock. And you look like him, man. It's weird. Like when I'm looking at you, I see your dad, like, from the old outlaw Josie Wales days. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It's good. You know, what's crazy is looking at photos of him when he was 12 and I was 12. You cannot tell the difference. You put them in both in black and white. You can't tell the difference. Wow. Yeah. That's a trip. Yeah. What was it like growing up with him as a dad? When did you realize like, holy shit? I think I realized I'm 31. So I probably realized when I was about eight, I watched Unforgiven. Oh. Yeah. He let you watch that when you were eight. That's my favorite Clint Eastwood movie. I like that. Yeah. And it's like the airplanes drifters right up there too. Wow. I don't know. It's hard to lock them down. Sure. Sure. But the Unforgiven is a dark movie, man. Yeah. It's dark. It's dark. William Money. William Money. Killer of Women and Children. Ooh. That's a dark movie, man. We all got it coming. That's what he says in that one. I love that. Like probably one of the most realistic killers too. Like the way he handled stuff and the way everybody else was like falling apart. Yeah. You never saw that in those movies. Well, it was about regret. It was about a life filled of regret and filled things that you did wrong that you wish you could have done better. And it was sort of one last ride to do something better for his kids. So I think that was sort of interesting. It was sort of a final culmination of all his westerns. It really was. And almost like he updated them all too. Yeah. In the old movies, like you'd have cowards and you'd have heroes and stuff like that. But in the Unforgiven, he took it to a totally different level, like psychologically. You know, like even the way he like the switch goes off when he starts drinking and then he starts just fucking murking everybody. Like the way it was handled, it seemed so realistic. Yeah. The way everybody would fall apart and gunfights and the way- I got to watch that again now. It's been a while. Yeah. Now I'm like, this sounds awesome. It's fucking great. It's a fucking great movie. I remember seeing it. I remember the movie. I wanted to see it in the movie theater. And when the credits rolled at the end, I just went like this. Whoa. Yeah. Powerful one. Yeah. It's an intense movie, man. Fucking intense. So when you're eight, you figured it out? Like that movie? Right around then, yeah. I remember watching it. Not sure if I watched it with him or shortly after he made it. And just thinking, you know, that is the coolest thing. And I want to do that. You know, I want to be in movies. I want to tell stories like that. Wow. Yeah. So how many- and you have brothers and sisters. And so how did all that work? Yeah, I've got a few sisters. My dad was a busy guy. How many kids in the family? How many wives? Yeah, let's just go with that. He's only had two wives, but he's had a few girlfriends, a few different babies and moms. Yeah. So did you live with him? I did. I did. I would bounce back and forth. I lived with my mom. I lived with my mom in California until I was about seven or eight. And then I lived- then she moved, she packed up. I just kind of run the time when they split. Was your mom an actress too? No. No, no, no, no. She was just an old person. Yeah, a flight attendant. She had two kids with my dad. And she packed up, I think when they sort of split. And she moved to Hawaii. She had lived there when she was a lot younger, and so she had always loved Hawaii. And so I had gone to Hawaii to live probably from about eight to about 16. Wow. Yeah. And then I ultimately moved back with my dad for the last couple years of high school. And so yeah, it was an interesting upbringing, right? I mean, one hand I was with my dad for some time when I was in Hawaii living there. And you know what I think about Hawaii as a white boy growing up, you're the minority. Yeah. Yeah. So it was a lot of fist fights. Did you show up with a Howley t-shirt on? Howley's rule? Pretty much. I mean, that's, you know, a lot of people don't realize that. Hawaii's very from like a warrior society still. And that's a great thing kind of because it's still, it's very primal. And it's also, you know, sort of, it's one of those things where there's not a lot of tolerance for someone that you don't know or part of your family. And so, you know, for me, it was tough. Did they accept you eventually? You know, sports really bridged that gap. Football. I played football. And that really, it was tough because the first year they were like, no, they were like, you know, get the fuck out of here. That'd suck. Yeah. You know, I was a kid at then I was probably, I don't know if I can remember, 10 or so playing Pee Wee football, right? And then as, you know, as I would, you know, you know, prove myself that I was down for hard work and, you know, down to throw hits that, you know, that sort of, you know, bridged the gap. And then ultimately, they were part of my team. And then so we would, you know, go to other schools and, you know, play other schools. And then I was still the, the Howley boy to everybody else, but they had my back now. So that was cool. That had to be a bizarre time, man, to be a 10 year old and also to be in that environment. Sure. Sure. That was, it was different. It was, you know, I didn't know any better. So I'm going, okay, well, this is what I got to deal with now is that cards I got dealt. So they're going to man up. Yeah. I have a bunch of buddies who live in Hawaii and you know, they say that if you're respectful and you're, you know, you're not a douchebag, like after a while you just fit right in and everybody's cool with it. Yeah. I mean, it's, it's, it's, uh, I grew up also as a surfer, you know, growing up, growing up surfing. And so there's definitely a pecking order and a respect there that you have to learn, uh, or you're going to learn the hard way. Um, and, and that's, I think that was a good thing, you know, ultimately, cause it kind of humbles you, um, and, and makes you, it makes you know your place. Um, which is good. Okay. Wait, so I got to go back to the fan boy stuff. So I just want to ask. So, so there's a, you started off acting with like smaller movies, right? Sure. And now you've been, and tell me if I'm, I know you were in fury. Yeah. I didn't remember until that started to know who you were. What's fury? Fury was with Brad Pitt, right? Which one was it? World War II David Ayer. Oh, that's right. Yeah. And then now it feels like you, now you're in the big movies. Well, look, I started 14, 15, almost 15 years ago now, uh, doing it hysterical and people are, you know, I first sort of got a couple of hit movies happen to overnight success. Yeah. I know. What the fuck are you talking about? I've been at it for 10 years, you know, at that point. Um, but you know, I started, yeah, doing a tiny one liners, right? You know, any chance I got just to, just to, you know, get on set, uh, play any, any, any role, do any lines, whatever, just learn, soak it up. And, um, yeah, I was doing that for years. I mean, I was doing that for seven, eight years, you know, while I was bartending, uh, while I was, you know, Valley part in cars, anything to, you know, pay the bills. Right. But how important is that that you actually worked your way through it, even though you're Clint Eastwood son, right? That's right. That's what I was interested in. Is that, I mean, it's like, it didn't feel like he helped you and I don't know, maybe he did, but no, no. If anyone who knows my dad, uh, would just laugh at they, you know, they're, they would say, Oh yeah. I mean, my dad's very old school and he's, he's very, very tough on his sons. He has, I have an older brother. Um, and it's, it just doesn't happen like that in our family. Uh, there's no handouts. Uh, you want something, you got to go get it. And I can't thank him enough for that because it never gave me any, uh, you know, backup. It didn't, it didn't make me go, well, I can just sort of sit around or, you know, it created drive and it created, you know, hard work and drive. And those are all the things that take to make somebody successful. Yeah. Like if you were 22 and he made you a star of his big movie, that would probably, it would have looked, it would have looked, it would have looked really bad on him. Yeah. So, and you, yeah, I mean, he could do that, I guess, when in his movie. But I think the common thing is, well, you had, you know, had it easy because, you know, somebody else, he can't just pick up a phone and call some big director and tell him who he should cast. And if he did, it would be a mess. Yeah. I mean, I mean, and the first director probably tell him, you know, thank you, Clint, but I keep not, not doing that. You know, it was my movie and I don't even know who your son is. When he went, when he went on TV and did that like thing where he had a, like a seat next to him and he talked to Obama and talked to the empty chair. Did you call him up and dad go, what the fuck dad? What are you doing? No, I stay out of politics. I don't even, I don't, I don't give two shits about politics. That wasn't even politics. That was just like a play. He had like a puppet show with no puppet. Yeah. I did like the intent though. Yeah. Because I hate, well, whatever. Yeah. I was good with it. I get it. But hey, restraint of tongue and pen. Hey, uh, so didn't you try out or I want to know how to, but didn't you audition, audition. This isn't my wheelhouse, but for American sniper, I did. And that was his, that was his movie, right? That was his movie. How'd that go? What happened? Yeah. I, you know, I auditioned and you know, I remember actually talking to, I knew Bradley Cooper and I said, Hey, you know what? I'd love to play your bro. I read the script. I'd read the script and you know, I was already doing my own thing at this point. I was working for a long time, but I'd go in periodically and audition for his films because they're Clint Eastwood films. Right. Yeah. If I can get an opportunity to audition, great. And I, you know, when I said that, I love to play your brother and understand, you know, one of those roles and he Bradley kind of looked at me like, you know, I don't, yeah, maybe. Okay, cool. Kind of brushed me off or I was friends with them. And then, so, you know, I sort of, you know, said, Hey, you know, can I get an audition to, to, you know, go audition for this through my dad's company? And so I went and put myself on tape. It's pretty simple when you go audition for him. He's not, he's not there. No one's there or anything. You just go put yourself on tape with a casting director. Okay. And then, you know, you either, you hear something back or you don't. Yeah. And that's sort of the, that's the end of it. A lot of times you never do. I mean, that's, that's how it goes for actors. Yeah. So that's what happened with that. You, you put it on tape and then didn't hear back. Yeah. No, you didn't say what, what dad would say. It didn't work like that in my family. Really? Nice. He's too old to go. I would never even dare to bring up something like that. That's interesting. Yeah. That's, I mean, that's probably why you so normal. Like, yeah, because look, those people that are in those sheltered families where it's not good. It's not good. It's not good for you.