After 'Tombstone,' Michael Biehn Should've Been a Western King

The Big Picture There are a lot of powerful actors out there who are instantly associated with the Western genre. John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are the most notable, but there's also Jimmy Stewart, Gary Cooper, Kevin Costner, and a whole band of others. Although Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer aren't traditionally Western stars, when it comes to Tombstone, they've made a real name for themselves as some of the genre's best.

What Makes Michael Biehn So Great in 'Tombstone'? As a red-sashed, black-hatted member of the Cowboys, the outlaw gang that terrorizes the town of Tombstone, Ringo is a powerful shot and an aggravated road agent with a major chip on his shoulder. He has no problem killing anyone who gets in his path, and in the character's introduction at the beginning of the film he mercilessly shoots a priest before translating the holy man's words, quoting the biblical Book of Revelation.

'Tombstone's Johnny Ringo Plays Against Michael Biehn's Usual Action Hero Type Close During the height of Michael Biehn's career, the actor was primarily known for playing action heroes. In The Terminator, he played Sgt. Kyle Reese, the future resistance fighter who travels through time to save Sarah Connor . In Aliens, he plays Cpl. Dwayne Hicks, a Colonial Marine who plows his way through a horde of Xenomorphs alongside Ellen Ripley .

It's a shame that Biehn wasn't cast in more Western outlaw roles such as Johnny Ringo. The Tombstone actor has a real talent for playing this type of gunslinger, and could easily have played the leading man in a '90s theatrical Western in the same vein as The Dollars Trilogy or Pale Rider. Or, if he was hoping to play another villainous role, maybe something more akin to The Wild Bunch.

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