Turning Heads
In the middle of the 1970’s, directors started to pick up that there was something special about Sam Elliott.
With each audition that he was offered, he moved into more significant roles. He appeared numerous times in TV series like, Mission: Impossible, Once an Eagle and Aspen. He even had the chance to play the title character of Evel Knievel.
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Finding Love
Elliott’s big break came from a movie that wasn’t a blockbuster hit or an Oscar candidate. No no, the movie wasn’t Sam Elliott’s big break, but finding his true love on its set was.
While he played the lead role of Pete Danner in The Legacy in 1978, his wife-to-be, Katharine Ross acted alongside him. There was undeniable attraction between the two of them.