There was a moment when Donald Sutherland was shooting the 2015 Canadian western "Forsaken" that he pulled aside the director for a private note. The film marked the first and only time he had acted opposite son Kiefer Sutherland, and they were cast as a former gunslinger and his estranged father who confronted a merciless businessman in 1872 Wyoming. After filming a pivotal scene where the pair get into a heated argument, Maltese-Canadian director Jon Cassar says the elder Sutherland turned to him.
"He said, 'I knew he was a good actor, but he's really, really good.' He was talking about Kiefer,'" Cassar says as he recalls the famous duo's relationship. "I think both of them were in awe of each other in a way.
" Download the CTV News App for breaking news alerts and video on all the top stories Keifer said Thursday that his father had died at age 88. Cassar met Kiefer while directing the Fox action drama "24" and the actor expressed interest in working with his father. "Kiefer said to me, 'You know, I'd love to do a Western with my father.
I've never really done a movie with him. We've been in movies together, but we never had scenes together." Shared credits include 1983's "Max Dugan Returns" and 1996's "A Time to Kill.
" Cassar says they had 30 scenes together in "Forsaken," which was shot in Calgary in 2013. "Kiefer and I had many conversations about how much fun he was having filming the movie with Donald," he says. "He was in awe of his father already, but he realized eve.
