Actor Chris Mulkey remembers BROKEN TRAIL, THE LONG RIDERS & TIMERIDER!
Mulkey was warned by BROKEN TRAIL’S director Walter Hill to be very very careful not to hurt Robert Duvall in the fight scene. Chris joined Rob Word to share the experience and reveal who got hurt in this exclusive interview for A WORD ON WESTERNS podcast.
BROKEN TRAIL was the third time Chris had worked for Hill and the first with Oscar winning actor Duvall in AMC’s very successful 2-part western. Not to worry, said Mulkey, who ended up getting clipped by Duvall in the climatic skirmish. The 2006 western turned into a multi-award-winning program that helped launch AMC into airing more original programs. Mulkey first worked for director Hill in the classic tale of the James and Younger gang, THE LONG RIDERS in 1980 and later in Hill’s monster hit, 48 HOURS.
The veteran actor’s long resume includes nearly 300 films and TV shows, including a stunning portrayal in season two of JUSTIFIED and as an outlaw with L.Q. Jones and Peter Coyote in the cult time travel classic, TIMERIDER: THE ADVENTURES OF LYLE SWANN. Chris averages 6 films a year! When he’s not in front of the camera performing, he’s on stage traveling, singing, and writing songs while fronting the stellar rock band, Chris Mulkey & Deluxe, formerly the house band at the House of Blues. Find out more about this versatile actor and what it’s like being an in-demand performer.