I spent years pursing the Western channels for good old fashion tv series and passed by Cheyenne after watching a 10 minutes a decade ago because I thought Clint's emotionless portrayal of the Cheyenne character made him seem like fluff. However, one fine day on streaming Starz, I found I did not have many options for tv series, so I gave this show another try and wow, was my first impression wrong about this show.
Don't misunderstand me, I still think Clint could have shown a bit more emotion, but realizing he was not that strong of an actor, the writers and producers wrote the character to as a soft 1 dimensional gentle giant with great storylines and supporting cast to compensate and it worked. On 2nd review of the show, I found it enjoyable and Clint's character grew on me.... I'm sure there were a lot of clean shaven, perfect hair drifters in the old west that spoke so eloquently.
Don't misunderstand me, I still think Clint could have shown a bit more emotion, but realizing he was not that strong of an actor, the writers and producers wrote the character to as a soft 1 dimensional gentle giant with great storylines and supporting cast to compensate and it worked. On 2nd review of the show, I found it enjoyable and Clint's character grew on me.... I'm sure there were a lot of clean shaven, perfect hair drifters in the old west that spoke so eloquently.