Kevin Costner's Biggest Hit 'Dances with Wolves' Was an Accident
35 years after first quietly taking the world by surprise, Dances with Wolves is today considered one of the best Westerns ever made, and the high-water mark of Kevin Costner's career. At the time, however, it was a cynical bargaining chip, encapsulating every stereotype about Hollywood power brokers. Costner had repeatedly made hits, but his newest pitch was met with a cold reception from Hollywood. He wished to star in, produce, and direct a long Western utilizing authentic Native American languages. This genre was box-office poison in the '80s, but in a move of pure panic, the studio signed on to make the film in order to keep in the good graces of Costner's new talent agency.
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