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"Scott Eastwood doesn&amp;apos;t need his famous dad, Clint Eastwood, to make it in Hollywood -- or his last name! In a new interview with Access Hollywood, the 27-year-old actor explains why he didn&amp;apos;t use his father&amp;apos;s last name when he started out his career.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Everyone wanted to represent Scott Eastwood, right? That&amp;apos;s the cheapest game in the book,&amp;quot; Eastwood explained. &amp;quot;I wanted to be an actor for me and to see if I could do it.&amp;quot;\r\nInstead, he decided to go by Scott Reeves, using mom Jacelyn&amp;apos;s maiden name. (Scott Reeves, however, is also the name of a well-known General Hospital actor.) Eventually, he decided to embrace his father&amp;apos;s last name.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Sure, I&amp;apos;ve had doors open for me,&amp;quot; Eastwood, who has had roles in Flags of Our Fathers, Invictus and Trouble with the Curve, admitted of making the name change. &amp;quot;But if you walk into an audition room and you can&amp;apos;t deliver . . . no one&amp;apos;s gonna hire you for the job.&amp;quot; He added, &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m gonna look at the glass half full and say that I&amp;apos;ve had a lot of great opportunities in my life because of my father and because of the way I was raised and the environment I was raised in.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nEastwood is next set to appear in the David Ayer-directed World War II film Fury, opposite Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf. Before he made a name for himself, however, Eastwood&amp;apos;s resume included stints as a bartender and construction worker. &amp;quot;People assumed that I would have everything handed to me, but that couldn&amp;apos;t be further from the truth,&amp;quot; he told the October issue of Town &amp;amp; Country. &amp;quot;I was on my own just doing the grind.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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