The Story Was Improvised on the Spot
The execs at United Artists asked Leone, Vicenzoni, and producer Alberto Grimaldi if they were thinking about a third film. The execs were hoping for another Western to create a three-film package – a trilogy of sorts. The three men admitted that they hadn’t thought about it, but Vincenzoni thought quickly and out loud, improvising an idea.
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Yes, ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,’ was improvised on the spot. Vincenzoni’s words in that meeting: “I don’t know why, but the poster came into my mind – Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. ‘The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly… It’s the story of three bums that go around through the Civil War looking for money.”
And that folks, was the genesis of ‘The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.’