Joel and Ethan Coen said they wrote the part for Walsh, who would win the first Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for the role.
M. Emmet Walsh, 'Blood Simple' and 'Blade Runner' actor, dies at 88
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COEN: T-Bone was explicit about wanting the movie to start with that performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show" of “She Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye.” And he wanted it to finish with “Another Place, Another Time.” And we went “Oh (expletive), that's great.” He said the whole performances.
Ethan Coen on his Jerry Lee Lewis doc and filmmaking return
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