Post by chuckie on Nov 8, 2020 14:59:51 GMT -6
I read an article about a feud between Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner. When they were filming the "Magnificent Seven" movie, Yul would build the dirt up where he was supposed to stand by Steve McQueen so that he would appear to be taller than McQueen. When McQueen saw what he was doing, he would kick the dirt away so that he would appear shorter.
During filming of The Magnificent Seven, a number of reports surfaced about a feud on the set between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. Brynner vehemently denied any bad blood. "I never feud with actors. I feud with studios," he said (via Michelangelo Capua's biography about Brynner). Brynner supposedly ordered McQueen to follow suit, thus keeping their power feud under wraps for years.
According to the book, Brynner was already an established star in 1960, and he apparently utilized some creative tactics to assert his dominance over McQueen, such as building mounds of dirt on his marks to make him appear taller than the rising star. Word is that McQueen would kick at these mounds whenever he passed by, thus gradually bringing Brynner back down to size.
McQueen allegedly tried to even the playing field in other ways too. When he realized he had very few lines in the original script, he reportedly insisted director John Sturges give him more. McQueen supposedly worked to draw more attention to his character every chance he got. Even when standing in the background, McQueen would flip a coin, play with his hat — anything to allegedly upstage Brynner.
Read More: www.nickiswift.com/126067/nasty-on-set-feuds-that-were-kept-quiet-for-years/?utm_campaign=clip
During filming of The Magnificent Seven, a number of reports surfaced about a feud on the set between Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen. Brynner vehemently denied any bad blood. "I never feud with actors. I feud with studios," he said (via Michelangelo Capua's biography about Brynner). Brynner supposedly ordered McQueen to follow suit, thus keeping their power feud under wraps for years.
According to the book, Brynner was already an established star in 1960, and he apparently utilized some creative tactics to assert his dominance over McQueen, such as building mounds of dirt on his marks to make him appear taller than the rising star. Word is that McQueen would kick at these mounds whenever he passed by, thus gradually bringing Brynner back down to size.
McQueen allegedly tried to even the playing field in other ways too. When he realized he had very few lines in the original script, he reportedly insisted director John Sturges give him more. McQueen supposedly worked to draw more attention to his character every chance he got. Even when standing in the background, McQueen would flip a coin, play with his hat — anything to allegedly upstage Brynner.
Read More: www.nickiswift.com/126067/nasty-on-set-feuds-that-were-kept-quiet-for-years/?utm_campaign=clip