Editing Unforgiven (section)

=== Casting ===
Eastwood personally phoned Harris to offer him the role of English Bob, and later said Harris was watching Eastwood's movie ''[[High Plains Drifter]]'' at the time of the phone call, leading to Harris thinking it was a prank.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywood.com/general/richard-harris-was-watching-eastwood-film-when-director-offered-him-unforgiven-role-60238377/ |title=Richard Harris was watching Eastwood film when director offered him Unforgiven role |date=March 17, 2015 |access-date=October 7, 2021 |work=[[Hollywood.com]]}}</ref>

Gene Hackman was hesitant to play Bill Daggett, as his daughters were upset that he was starring in too many violent films, but his agent and Eastwood convinced him to do it.<ref>{{cite web |title=CNN.com Transcripts |url=https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2004-07-07/segment/01 |website=CNN.com |access-date=28 February 2025|archive-date=February 28, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250228013928/https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/lkl/date/2004-07-07/segment/01|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2017/07/30/gene-hackman-initially-turned-down-unforgiven-which-turns-25-on-thursday/ | title=Gene Hackman initially turned down Unforgiven,' which turns 25 on Thursday | website=[[New York Daily News]] | date=July 30, 2017 }}</ref>