 Sergio Leone (I) (qv) offered the role of Juan Miranda to  Eli Wallach (qv), but Wallach had already committed to another  project. After Leone begged Wallach to play the part, he dropped out  of the other project and told Leone hed do his movie. However, the  studio already had Rod Steiger (qv) signed. Leone offered no  compensation to Wallach, and Wallach subsequently sued.