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Gene Wilder

by | Sep 6, 2016 | True West Blog

Gene Wilder
The late Gene Wilder wasn’t the original Waco Kid in the comedy “Blazing Saddles.” Veteran actor Gig Young got the role of the drunken gunfighter. But Young was a drunk in real life, and director Mel Brooks says he showed up for the first day of shooting and began throwing up, unable to do the job.  Brooks sent Young to a hospital and called Wilder, who flew out the next day.  


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