She also wasn’t an outlaw at all, having been known for her fighting skills and gunslinging protection to ward off mail thieves. For example, she was the second woman to work for the USPS as a star route carrier, with her nickname coming from the fact that she traveled by stagecoach. Stagecoach Mary was also famous for so many more accomplishments than depicted. When it was announced that Joker's Sophie actress Zazie Beetz would be playing Mary, many accused the film of colorism, citing the fact that the real-life woman had a much darker complexion. She’s depicted as having an off-and-on romance with Nat Love, but is better known for her fearless exploits before joining his gang. In The Harder They Fall, Stagecoach Mary is a renowned outlaw who previously ran with the Nat Love gang before opening her own bar in Douglastown. He also wasn’t the leader of a town nor killed by Nat Love, Instead, Rufus Buck met his demise when he and his gang were hanged by a judge in July 1896 (via Oklahoma Historical Society). As a half-Black, half-Cherokee 18-year-old, Buck’s crimes were driven by his hope of extinguishing white supremacy and reclaiming the Territory for indigenous people. Buck didn’t have the same power and notoriety in the real Old West as he did in Netflix's 2021 movie, plus he was only a teenager, had no relations to Nat Love, nor a vendetta for his own father. In real life, Idris Elba’s character did truly lead the Rufus Buck gang from 1895-1896, a group of five men who robbed country stores and killed several people during their short crime spree. The opening scene in The Harder They Fall shows Rufus murdering Nat’s mother and father, only for the movie’s ending to reveal they were half-siblings, and Rufus was getting revenge on their father. The Harder They Fall depicts Rufus Buck as a brutal gang leader and brief prisoner, having gone into the criminal life after years of being abused by his father. A decade later, The Harder They Fall's real historical figure decided to quit the cowboy life, where he lived the rest of his life in California as a security guard and courier (via ). He became an excellent marksman and cowboy, with his most famous exploit being an escape from a Pima tribe that captured him, though he noted that the tribe wanted to adopt him into their group due to their respect for his heritage. Love had a gift for breaking horses, so he headed west to work cattle drives. The Harder They Fall also doesn’t mention that Nat Love was born into slavery before being emancipated, having been taught to read (which was against the law) by his father. In real life, Jonathan Majors' character was known for taking part in the legendary Black cowboy cattle drives in the 1870-80s, where his run-ins with death and gunslinger were based on confrontations with Indigenous tribes. For starters, Love’s exploits as a cowboy didn’t begin until well after the Civil War ended and he was never actually an outlaw or gang leader. Here’s how much of the movie accurately portrays what happened to the characters and the events it explores.Īside from Nat Love being a notorious cowboy in the Old West, the events in The Harder They Fall aren’t too faithful to his real life. The overall story is original and crafted by Jeymes Samuel, but many events are inspired by occurrences from the characters' real lives. While The Harder They Fall’s characters typically come from real figures, most were active as outlaws or cowboys in very different times, so the gangs overlapping in the film is fictional. Related: Every Fall 2021 Movie & TV Show Coming To Netflix While the specific story being told in Jeymes Samuel’s movie doesn’t necessarily come from a corresponding historic event, the experiences of The Harder They Fall’s characters are inspired by real occurrences and the lives of Black cowboys and outlaws in the Old West. This isn’t a revisionist history like Django Unchained it’s taking the true stories of 19th-century American Black cowboys and outlaws and placing them in a fictionalized scenario. The Harder They Fall largely depicts fictional events, with nearly every character in the Netflix movie is based on a real-life historical figure.
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