Actor Robert Duvall was not only a tough guy in the many roles that made him a Hollywood hero.
Back in 2004, he was willing to take on Steven Spielberg for meeting with Fidel Castro in Cuba in 2002.
Duvall died Feb. 15 at the age of 95 after an acting career that included movies such as “Apocalypse Now” and “The Godfather” and TV productions such as “Lonesome Dove.”
In January 2004, as part of a CBS interview, Duvall threw zingers at Spielberg over a visit Spielberg made to Cuba in 2002.
“Spielberg went down there recently and said, ‘The best seven hours I ever spent was actually with Fidel Castro,’” Duvall said in the interview, according to theNew York Post.
“Now, what I want to ask him — and I know he’s going to get p****ed off — “Would you consider building a little annex on the Holocaust museum, or at least across the street, to honor the dead Cubans that Castro killed?'” Duvall said, according toCBS News.
“That’s very presumptuous of him to go there … I’ll tell him that,” the actor said.
“I’ll never work at Dreamworks again, but I don’t care about working there anyway,” he said.
A representative of Spielberg said the U.S. government supported the trip.
“His trip to Cuba in 2002 was cultural, not political. It was an opportunity to share his films and his values with the Cuban people,” the representative said.
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