Actor/Director Clint Eastwood. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
Despite the boycott of filming in Georgia launched by Hollywood
liberals angry over the state's new pro-life "Heartbeat" law, legendary
actor/director Clint Eastwood will be making his latest movie, "The
Battle of Richard Jewell," in Atlanta this summer, reported NBC
Charlotte and other media.
"Clint Eastwood will perform new film in Georgia despite abortion
bill boycott," tweeted NBC Charlotte on June 25. The movie is about
Richard Jewell, a police officer and security guard who discovered a
bomb at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Ga., and saved countless
lives. Jewell was initially hailed as a hero and then was viewed as a
suspect.
(Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images
The liberal media criticized Jewell relentlessly and essentially
practiced "trial by media." Eventually, however, Jewell was completely
exonerated and the real bomber, Eric Rudolph, was captured.
Jewell sued NBC, CNN, and the New York Post for libel and won large settlements. His lawyer, L. Lin Wood, is the same lawyer now representing the Covington Catholic kid Nicholas Sandmann in defamation lawsuits against CNN and the Washington Post.
The heartbeat bill in Georgia prohibits abortion once a baby's
heartbeat starts, which is usually six weeks into pregnancy. The bill,
signed into law in May, allows exceptions in the cases of rape, incest,
or if the mother's life is at serious risk.
One of the lead Hollywood activists to protest the new law is Alyssa Milano, and she helped organize the boycott of the Peach State.
In a letter to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp,
Milano -- joined by 40-plus other actors and Hollywood activists --
wrote, "As actors, our work often brings us to Georgia. We've always
found your state to be populated with friendly and caring people. We've
found the hotels in which we stay and restaurants in which we dine while
filming there to be comfortable and of a high quality. We've been glad
to bring billions of dollars in revenue to support Georgia's schools,
parks, and communities.
"But we cannot in good conscience continue to recommend our industry
remain in Georgia if H.B. 481 [heartbeat bill] becomes law.... [W]e will
do everything in our power to move our industry to a safer state for
women if H.B. 481 becomes law. You have a choice, gentlemen. We pray you
make the right one."
Richard
Jewell, who was cleared as a suspect in the July 27, 1996 bombing of
Centennial Olympic Park, three months after the FBI announced that he
was their prime suspect. (Photo DOUG COLLIER/AFP/Getty Images)
The letter was signed by many Hollywood personalities including Alec
Baldwin, Billy Baldwin, David Arquette, Don Cheadle, Jon Cryer, Laura
Dern, Lena Dunham, Mia Farrow, Ashley Judd, Zoe Kravitz, Brie Larson,
Eva Longoria, Mandy Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Patton Oswalt, Sean Penn,
Natalie Portman, Emma Roberts, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Schumer, Ben Stiller,
and Naomi Watts.
Some of the actors slated to work on the Eastwood film include Kathy Bates, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm and Sam Rockwell.
Clint Eastwood, 89, has worked in television and movies since the
mid-1950s. He has won 13 Academy Awards (nominated 40 times) and won 8
Golden Globe awards (nominated 32 times).
(Screenshot, NBC Charlotte)
Some of his more famous films include The Outlaw Josey Wales,
High Plains Drifter, The Eiger Sanction, Dirty Harry, Escape from
Alcatraz, Heartbreak Ridge, Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar
Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima, Sully, American Sniper, Gran Tourino, True
Crime, and The Mule.
Clint Eastwood describes himself as libertarian. He endorsed
Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election. He also gave a
speech at the 2012 Republican National Convention where he mocked an
empty chair that represented President Barack Obama.
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