It was 1964. Italian Director Sergio Leone was casting the lead in an American-style western called A Fistful of Dollars. His eye was caught by a rangy young actor in a scene from the Rawhide TV series, even though the actor had no lines in the scene. Enthusiastic over the actor's "stillness," Leone signed him up. On location in Spain, the actor more than lived up to expectations: he kept falling asleep between takes. To some, it may have seemed that he fell asleep during takes. "In Italian movies," he later recalled, "they act a lot. They come from the Hellzapoppin'...
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