Ka kammala wannan magana: Da farko Darektan Ford bai san wanda zai ba shi babban rawar ba. Duk da haka, ya san cewa ba ya son John Wayne don bangare - la'akari, a tsakanin sauran dalilai, cewa Wayne zai yi wasa da hali fiye da shekaru ashirin da haihuwa fiye da shi a lokacin. An bayar da rahoton cewa, wasan kwaikwayon Wayne na 1948 a cikin "Red River" ya canza tunanin Ford, wanda ya sa ya yi ihu, "Ban san babban ɗan gidan ba zai iya yin aiki ba!" Ford ya fahimci Wayne ya girma sosai a matsayin dan wasan kwaikwayo, kuma yanzu yana iya yin wasan kwaikwayon da ya yi tunanin wannan fim. Lokacin da aka kammala harbi, Ford ya gabatar da Wayne tare da kek tare da sakon, "Kai dan wasan kwaikwayo ne yanzu". Har ila yau, rawar ta zama ɗaya daga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Wayne. Wayne, da kansa, ya ji cewa ya Academy Award ga Best Actor na
1949 ya kamata ya kasance don "Ta Wore a Yellow Ribbon" maimakon "Sands of Iwo Jima".