Although John Wayne turned down Mel Brooks’ iconic Western spoof Blazing Saddles, this ironically saved the iconic parody movie. John Wayne’s many Western movies might contain moments of comedic ...

Mel Brooks recently recalled how he came to cast Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid at a 50th anniversary screening of 'Blazing Saddles' in Los Angeles Luke Chinman is a writer at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE in ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy quite like John Wayne. Getting his start in B-movies in the 1930s, Wayne ...

Mel Brooks recently recalled how he came to cast Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid at a 50th anniversary screening of 'Blazing Saddles' in Los Angeles Mel Brooks once tried to cast the legendary Western ...

Mel Brooks recently recalled how he came to cast Gene Wilder as the Waco Kid at a 50th anniversary screening of 'Blazing Saddles' in Los Angeles Silver Screen Collection/Getty; Bettmann/Getty Gene ...