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Why did Gregory Peck turn down the role of Will Kane in High Noon?

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Fred Zinnemann stands between Marlon Brando, left, in a suit, and Montgomery Clift, right, in a tank top, on the set of From Here to Eternity, with lockers in the background. — Fred Zinnemann (From left to right) Marlon Brando, Fred Zinnemann, and Montgomery Clift on the set of *From Here to Eternity* (1953).

Gregory Peck declined the role of Will Kane in the 1952 film High Noon because he felt the character was too similar to the role he had previously played in the 1950 film The Gunfighter.1