In 2016, Eastwood directed Tom Hanks in the biopic Sully, about “Miracle on the Hudson” pilot Chesley Sullenberger. 

“When [Clint]’s in charge he says in a really quiet soft voice, ‘all right, go ahead.’ And instead of shouting ‘cut,’ he says ‘that’s enough of that,’ ” Hanks said of Eastwood’s beind-the-camera style in a 2016 interview with Graham Norton. “It’s intimidating as hell.” 

Though Eastwood kept a low profile through the COVID-19 pandemic, he returned to work again with 2021’s Cry Macho and appeared at the February 2022 AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach.