The Coolest Western Casting Happened 102 Years Ago & Will Never Be Repeated

One of the most iconic casting choices in the history of Western films happened more than a century ago, and it surely won’t happen again. The genre, besides its action nature, has a historical value as it represents a specific moment in time in United States history. Western characters can be fictional, but there are many times they are based on real-life people. This gives actors from different decades the chance to play real people, sometimes even resulting in multiple actors portraying the same person across the years. One such example is the repeated use of Jesse James in Westerns.