“He saw a lot of struggle” - Clint Eastwood’s son Scott Eastwood reveals how dad is doing after girlfriend’s passing

Cultural icon and Hollywood legend, Clint Eastwood, turned 95 years old on Saturday, May 31. It’s been nearly a year since the academy award winning actor and director, lost his longtime girlfriend Christina Sandera. She passed away at the age of 61, due to a heart attack. In a recent conversation with People, Clint Eastwood's son, shared an update on his father's emotional and physical well being.

“He’s doing good, he’s a survivor, a trouper.” Scott Eastwood shared.

Scott Eastwood, described his father as a man of few emotional displays; he's not one to complain.

“He was born coming out of the Great Depression, and then he was young during World War II. He saw a lot of struggle” Scott told People.

In a statement following Sandera’s passing, Clint Eastwood remembered her fondly.

“Christina was a lovely, caring woman, and I will miss her very much.” he shared.

While Clint Eastwood never shied away from the spotlight, he played things closer to the chest when it came to Christina Sandera. The pair started seeing each other in 2014 and kept their relationship mostly out of the public eye. They were said to have met at the Mission Ranch Hotel, Eastwood’s coastal property in Carmel-by-the-Sea, where Sandera had been working at the time.

Before this chapter, Eastwood had walked down the aisle twice. Eastwood first shared vows with model Maggie Johnson in the early '50s, a marriage that ended after more than three decades. He later, tied the knot with broadcaster Dina Ruiz, his wife from the late '90s through the early 2000s.

Clint Eastwood refuses to retire and slams Hollywood's creative decline:

Clint Eastwood recently sat down with Austrian publication Kurier. He expressed concern over the current Hollywood scenario, where there is a creative decline yearly in modern cinema. According to him Hollywood has forgotten it's essence and is stuck on repeat. As reported by Reuters, the veteran director emphasized a need for fresh storytelling in an age dominated by sequels and reboots.

“I long for the good old days when screenwriters wrote movies like Casablanca in small bungalows on the studio lot. When everyone had a new idea, we live in an era of remakes and franchises. I’ve shot sequels three times, but I haven’t been interested in that for a long while. My philosophy is: do something new or stay at home.” said Eastwood.

Eastwood, whose filmography includes acclaimed works like Million Dollar Baby and Unforgiven, said he intends to remain active in filmmaking. Even at 95, he has no intention of fading away.

“There’s no reason why a man can’t get better with age. And I have much more experience today. Sure, there are directors who lose their touch at a certain age, but I’m not one of them,” he said.

Client Eastwood shared a personal insight about how his career kept shifting gears over the years. According to him, back then the pressure to keep up is what kept him on his toes:

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“As an actor, I was still under contract with a studio, was in the old system, and thus forced to learn something new every year, and that’s why I’ll work as long as I can still learn something, or until I’m truly senile.” he shared.

His latest work behind the camera, Juror #2, debuted last year and earned an impressive 92% on Rotten Tomatoes. The courtroom drama stood as another reminder that Eastwood’s creative instincts have only sharpened with time.

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