McMurtry originally conceived Lonesome Dove as a screen play with John Wayne as Call, James Stewart as Gus, and Henry Fonda as Jake Spoon. That would have been great too.
Jake didn't like to work, liked a good card game, and a whiskey. I got the same failings myself....
I'm paraphrasing....
“and Henry Fonda as Jake Spoon. That would have been great too.”
Yeah, seeing Fonda get strung up would have been great.