Wayne, John

The role was originally offered to John Wayne, who rejected it for being “unpatriotic.”

“So maybe I get trapped here or something and have to have a John Wayne shootout,” McMullen told CNN.

Meanwhile, his grandfather was named Marion—also the birth name of John Wayne.

She wanted it to be the West of Louis L'Amour novels and John Wayne movies.

They were cowboys, and John Wayne was the biggest star of them all.