"If you're going to shoot, shoot, don't talk!"

[Jill]

Do we know how the Master found Eli? I heard how he found Lee for FAFDM, but my GBU dvd has no extras...

How can be somebody SO COOL? 

[Cusser]

Actually, Leone chose Wallach mainly from his role as Charlie Gant in How the West was Won (like his comedic ability, teased young soon-to-be Chip Douglas there), not from his role as Calvera in Magnificent Seven.  My guess would be "both".

[Tucumcari Bound]

Do we know how the Master found Eli? I heard how he found Lee for FAFDM, but my GBU dvd has no extras...

How can be somebody SO COOL? 

Eli Wallach is just a great actor. I dunno if he's the coolest ever. I can name a handful who are cooler, but he can sure act his ass off.

[Jill]

Calvera is one of the best things in TMS. I heard Kurosawa liked the remake 
But Eli is better when he's not a villain, just... ugly. 

[dave jenkins]

Actually, Leone chose Wallach mainly from his role as Charlie Gant in How the West was Won (like his comedic ability, teased young soon-to-be Chip Douglas there), not from his role as Calvera in Magnificent Seven.  My guess would be "both".

Yeah, I don't buy the official line. It's impossible that SL didn't see M7; it's impossible that Calvera didn't influence the development of Tuco; that development, a collaboration between Wallach and Leone, occurred because the prototype was there for all to see.

[Bill Carson]

Calvera is one of the best things in TMS. I heard Kurosawa liked the remake 
But Eli is better when he's not a villain, just... ugly. 

 

[Senza]

I think that quote reflects Leone's style.