![]() “I can’t put into words what an honor that was, to work with Kris Kristofferson. I may be better suited to it.” He also got to act with one of his idols. In Traded, where would-be Harvey Girls are forced into white slavery, Michael Pare was the good guy, and Adkins the villain. Next, Adkins portrayed a reformed outlaw who un-reforms when his wife dies, in Stagecoach-The Texas Jack Story. I was pretty awestruck by him.” And in an elegant example of life imitating art, Adkins married the schoolmarm, or the actress who played her, Victoria Pratt. Ron Perlman was just incredible fun to work with. “That was nerve-wracking that was the first time I was the lead in a movie, and I’ve only done it once more since. ![]() In his next Western, Adkins played the original man with no name in a very different take on The Virginian. In 2016, Trace Adkins starred in Traded opposite a longtime hero of his, country star-turned-actor Kris Kristofferson, who also costarred in Hickok (2017). Surrounded by earnest 20-somethings as Earp and company, Adkins dominated his every scene. Adkins plays Spike’s protective father, rancher Mifflin Kenedy, cofounder of the King Ranch. I was out in L.A., supposed to fly home the next day, and my agent called and said, ‘Hey, there’s an opportunity for you to do this Western, and you only have to be there two days.’” Wyatt Earp’s Revenge is the fact-based story of the killing of Dora Hand by Spike Kenedy. “You know, I either ride a horse or a motorcycle in most movies I do.”Ī year later, he made his first Western. ![]() That’s probably the best movie that I’ve ever been lucky enough to be in.” In terms of Adkins’s role, it could have been a Western. He rehearsed scenes with me, went out of his way to make sure I was comfortable. In 2012, he played a dangerous client in The Lincoln Lawyer. Once I started doing videos, it bit me again.” He did cameos, guest appearances and played The Angel of Death in An American Carol. “I kinda got bit by the acting bug doing plays in high school,” Adkins recalls, “but I didn’t pursue it. In 1986 Waylon Jennings got on board when the four joined forces for the remake of Stagecoach. In 1979 Willie Nelson saddled up for The Electric Horseman, then a string of his own films. In 1959, Johnny Cash sang the theme for The Rebel, and guested on Wagon Train, followed by Kris Kristofferson, acting in 1971’s The Last Movie, before starring in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. In 1980, Kenny Rogers parlayed his hit, The Gambler, into a five-film television series. In 1969, Glen Campbell triumphed, starring in, and singing the theme song for True Grit. ![]() In A-Westerns and TV movies, Vaughn Monroe, Marty Robbins, Travis Tritt, Randy Travis, Reba McEntire and Naomi Judd all gave it a shot. The B-Western musicals’ ranks swelled to include Tex Ritter, Eddie Dean, et al. Soon, Gene was starring in his own Westerns, often backed by The Sons of the Pioneers, featuring Roy Rogers, who would be starring in his own Westerns by 1938. Gene Autry spearheaded the transition from country singer to Western actor in 1934, when he was hired to do the warbling in a Ken Maynard movie. In Hickok, Trace Adkins, as Phil Poe, costarred opposite Australian action hero Luke Hemsworth (below) in the title role.Īll Images Courtesy Cinedigm Entertainment Group Unless Otherwise Noted ![]() He’s achieved that entirely with direct-to-streaming films. And another accomplishment: Trace Adkins is the first new Western movie star of the 21st century. He’ll again host INSP’s Ultimate Cowboy Showdown. The CMA Award-winner has released his 13th studio album, The Way I Wanna Go, to mark the 25th anniversary of his first. It’s been a great year for Trace Adkins, the six-foot six-inch former oil-field roughneck with the voice too deep to classify. Trace Adkins follows in the footsteps of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers and Johnny Cash. ![]()
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