Scott Eastwood Calls Unnamed Actor a ‘Piece of S--t’ for Dropping Out of Movie: ‘People Get Too Famous for Too Long’

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Scott Eastwood criticized a former costar for leaving a film mid-production on Joe Rogan’s podcast

The 40-year-old actor also shared insights on the downsides of fame and working in Hollywood

Scott is the son of 96-year-old acting legend Clint Eastwood

Scott Eastwood is opening up about a bad experience he had with an unnamed actor.

In a recent episode of Joe Rogan‘s PowerfulJRE podcast, the 40-year-old son of Clint Eastwood, 96, slammed an actor he “just worked with” that dropped out of a movie during pre-production.

“Without saying any names … you know, people get too famous for too long. They think the world owes them something,” Scott said on the podcast while promoting his new film Lucky Strike. “And when it comes to doing the right thing, you’re like, ‘Dude … Do the right thing, don’t be a piece of s--t.’ They’re like, ‘F--k that. I can do whatever.’ ”

“We started working on a film with a director and they decided, after we spent a bunch of money, that they just didn’t feel like they wanted to work with this other person and didn’t want to do the job,” the actor explained.

“I was like, ‘You need to pay that money back to that person who invested in you.’ And they [said], ‘I’m not going to do that,’ ” Scott continued.

The Suicide Squad star claimed that the mystery actor “just left” in the middle of production, despite the film being about “their story.”

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Scott is one of two children Clint shares with ex Jacelyn Reeves, along with Kathryn, 38. The Hollywood legend also has six other children: Laurie, 72, Kimber, 62, Kyle, 58, Alison, 54, Francesca, 32, and Morgan, 29.

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Clint Eastwood and his son Scott in 2009Credit: Eric Charbonneau/WireImage

Elsewhere during the interview, Scott reflected on growing up in the film industry and the downside of working in Hollywood.

“I’ve seen some behavior in this business that is shocking,” he told Rogan. “That would not go in other industries, but for some reason because we idolize [actors] … you’re like, ‘What dude?’ ”

“People think they want to be famous — you don’t want to be famous,” the actor continued. “Rich, sure. But to be famous, that goal is so twisted … the whole other side of that is really ugly.”

“I was lucky in some ways because I got to see it growing up and see how it’s bulls---,” Scott said.

In June, Scott’s older brother Kyle claimed in an interview with French news service France Info that their father Clint, 95, had retired from acting.

“I have many fond memories of working with him,” Kyle told the outlet. “Now he’s retired, he’s 95 years old. But I was very lucky to be able to work with him on quite a few films. It was a great experience for me.”

Scott later addressed his brother’s comments about their dad retiring, telling ScreenRant, “We’ll see. I have not heard that from his mouth at all. So I don’t know what that feels like. His career in general has been something to admire, something to be inspired by, and continues to inspire me.”PEOPLE has reached out to Scott’s representative for comment.

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