He Utterly Hated Steve McQueen, Now We Know the Reason Why

He Utterly Hated Steve McQueen, Now We Know the Reason Why.
Steve McQueen, often called the 'King of Cool,' left an indelible mark on Hollywood in the 1960s and 1970s. Known for his captivating on-screen presence and memorable anti-hero roles in films like 'Bullitt' and 'The Great Escape,' McQueen became a cinematic legend. However, beyond the glamour of Hollywood, his intense personality and a strong desire for screen dominance sparked tense rivalries with some fellow actors.

[@suzetridesanandalusian8529]

Steve McQueen NEVER worked with Michale Fassbender, Steve died in 1980. The McQueen who worked with MF is a black Director famous for many movies. Also get rid of the AI voice for petes sake… it’s terrible!!

[@kennethwood3984]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😎

[@JosephPotelunas]

Thank you for being attentive to this lousy AI generated presumption of dialogue, glad to see you were the first to note this!

[@sjfsr]

I was just about to mention this.

[@esalo49]

just shows how bad AI generated content can be. Can’t even distinguish between Steve McQueen who died in 1980 and a movie made in the 2000s by a director of the same name. Now a future AI will learn from this crap.

[@axiom666]

Absolute tripe, Michael Fassbender was 3 years old when Steve Mcqueen died.

[@kurthenze2900]

I met Steve when i was 13yrs old at Warner Bros. He came and introduced himself too me when i was looking at his Porsche. We talked about cars and motorcycles. He was working on Bullitt. He was very nice too me. I cherish that moment, it was the summer of 67'.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@leebowens2631]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 Wrong Steve McQueen he's talking about the Black British film director, who I got confused about when some one told me a recent film was directed by Steve McQueen and I said he must have rose from the grave and was corrected.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

@@leebowens2631 Why is there a picture of the actor then??? Duh!

[@leebowens2631]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 Do people make mistakes? That's one obviously .

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

He had a troubled youth with a violent father. Acting out he stole hubcaps along with other issues. He was sent to a special farm for wayward boys near Chino California. The farm was founded in 1907 by a juvenile court judge and some Pasadena citizens and is legally a township with resident elected officials. It's purpose is to give troubled boys a wholesome chance to create new lives. McQueen was sent there to create a life for himself. He wasn't ready and eventually ran away. Years later he tried to aid the new crop of residents by bussing the entire resident body to the Hollywood premier of his movie THE REIVERS. After a few more efforts the residents expressed concern that they were being used by McQueen. I worked there for several years as a young man. On one Sunday an older man visited the farm to look around. I spoke with him for some time. He had completed his civilian and military careers and wanted to visit the farm which had given him a needed chance. His memory was sharp and among his details was a brief mention of a young and bearded Catholic priest who had lived there for six months and then left for the Midwest somewhere. Amazed I asked him if the priest's name was Flannigan. He thought a moment and confirmed the name. He finished his tour and left. Flannigan moved to Omaha and replicated in detail the Boys Republic experience and renamed it BOYS TOWN. It became famous due to two Hollywood movies. Both Boys Republic and it's imitation Boys Town are doing well.

[@johnrichards1842]

I find it a little hard to believe about Michael fassbender and Steve McQueen considering Steve McQueen died in 1980 so kinda makes you wonder what else they managed to get wrong lol

[@davidaston5773]

And what has Brad Pitt eating got to do with Steve McQueen? This video is SO LAZY it even copies another channel's title word for word. There's lots of these stupid channels. Using AI voices and automated video clips with actors who either had nothing to do with the actor or weren't even born yet. I could do better and I think might return to KZbin videos JUST to make a point at how hard work is better than press a button and get the video made for you.

[@robertlarsen7717]

Life is competition. Steve McQueen wasn't doing anything different then what his co-stars were doing. It's just that, he was more upfront and honest about it.Great legendary actor.

[@spencertrask8048]

The guy is totally wrong.....he is about the Director Stephen McQueen!!!!

[@davidaston5773]

@@spencertrask8048 This happens when you rely too much on automated video making. They could've easily done the clips themselves resulting in a far more creative and better video. I've done videos doing every single bit of the videos myself. ALL of it. It's hard work. But, rewarding. David

[@boruff68]

As stated below. This poster is mistaking Steve Mcqueen the actor,with the more modern Steve McQueen the director....(What a STUPID mistake ! :/ )

[@Glicksman1]

That this computer voice mispronounced many words and often applied incorrect emphasis may be understandable. What is not however, is that the producer(s) of his video did not correct it.

[@willmerritt2922]

Yes usually this particular computer voice is excellent…..

[@johndean4765]

The narration is rubbish with many words not pronounced properly

[@DH-ve5bl]

@Glicksman1. Actually, that was not a computerized voice. It is the voice of NYC 92.3 FM news radio anchor Larry Mullins.

[@332ARA]

then he sounds dumb@@DH-ve5bl

[@onarockm1024]

No, it was Michael Fassbender, AI generated. @@DH-ve5bl

[@D800Lover]

I didn't realise that Steve McQueen started out as white, feigned his death and re-emerged as a black director, I never knew that. Thank you for enlightening me. *_lol_*

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

Only imbecile can make AI documentary without giving his energy into making something truly historic.

[@irajasivadas4413]

Since McQueen died when Michael Fassbender was three years old it is hard to believe they had rivalry.

[@RadioJammor]

Indeed. Our idiot here hasn't done their homework and mixed-up Steve McQueens.

[@Craft-oh7uv]

McQueen was jealous of Fassbender’s youth 😂

[@Craft-oh7uv]

McQueen was a nut job ! @@planetwarrior9980

[@valteor]

@@planetwarrior9980 you're totally right, I was very surprised because I know all the Steve Mc Queen's films and Michaël Fassbender ain't in any of them, for the reason he was much too young. This being said I think it's a shame to take the exactly same name than somebody else famous. Why the director SMQ didn't take Stefan Mc Queen for example ? Same thing for the great James Taylor, when another guy came touring in music with the same name : James Taylor Band. Quite stupid isn't it ?

[@thomascarlisle7895]

Read by a robot with limited English pronunciation skills

[@oldartisttricks2692]

Yes sir you think they would proof listen to it.

[@catherinedebough8879]

The A.i voice needs to be erased from its memory banks.

[@bancodepapa]

Had to stop watching when the director Steve McQueen (no relation) spat with Michael Fassbinder from 2008 was tacked on! 😂😂😂 The original Steve McQueen died in 1980.....

[@cassandradelvegablanco5299]

I thought that strange too

[@robertalexander6637]

This mob are a joke they should do their research better .

[@bancodepapa]

No disrespect to the director (who's done some fine work) but there is only one STEVE MCQUEEN for me.... Should have been Stevie or Steven to differentiate himself from such an icon of film and TV

[@terenceboris851]

doesn’t really matter if Steve was difficult. His movies are all awesome.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@terenceboris851]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 who’s that?

[@grantp4022]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 - never heard of the guy ? McQueen was a huge movie star.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

@@grantp4022 Fool he died in 1980 and never met Fassbender!!!

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

@@grantp4022 Ya BS.FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@richardgray7060]

Don't you realise that Steve Mcqueen the actor and the director who directed Fassbender are NOT the same person! Steve Mcqueen the actor died in 1980 !

[@michaelplunkett8059]

Alas, the computer can't tell the difference.

[@porflepopnecker4376]

In the old days, actors with names identical to someone who came before them had the decency to alter their name slightly, i.e. Michael J. Fox.

[@spactick]

So what, who cares. It's only KZbin

[@caretakerfochr3834]

Don't argue with a robot.

[@veltonmeade1057]

lol@@michaelplunkett8059

[@markhoward8301]

Fassbender was NEVER in a picture with Steve McQueen

[@scotthullinger4684]

Gossip of course always becomes much more easy, and less problematic, AFTER somebody dies.

[@waynemahoney4]

All of these robotic AI crap. Mispronunciations galore.

[@MrMightyZ]

And no one ever gets that someone criticising their coworker in a public interview is the opposite of a demonstration of strength of character. Praising Garner or anyone else while describing him publicly putting down his coworker clearly demonstrates that the writer doesn’t even know what decency and strength of character means.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@PhilipLaBarbera]

I believe McQueen's jealousy of Paul Newman goes back to "Somebody Up There Likes Me" where Newman starred and McQueen appeared but was uncredited.

[@jeffcurtis5980]

McQueen had a burning desire to be the No 1 star in Hollywood, who at the time was Newman. That's why he hated him. Always referred to him as 'fuckwit'.

[@billj8148]

Rooftop fight scene. McQueen wanted the "Graziano" part. Newman replaced James Dean.

[@anamariaissosefazlugao9819]

Ele era otimo ator .tadinho .sofreu .na mão de .padrasto morreu jovem com 50 anos: no 7 de novenbro de 1980

[@annetteolson2428]

James Garner has always been my favorite.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@annetteolson2428]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 What does this have to do with James Garner?

[@healthyone100]

Garner and McQueen had 1 thing in comin they both loved racing i remember seeing Garner many times at the Indianapolis 500, i also meet Paul Newman when he sponsord Mario Andretti, Newman was a pretty good Trans Am driver seeing him race at Lime Rock park Conn.!

[@brendabrown7130]

I still like Steve McQueen the actor.

[@DH-ve5bl]

@brendabrown7130. Steve was only 50 when he died. He was still at the top of his craft. Clint Eastwood was born the same year as Steve In the 1960’s and 70’s , action stars like Steve, Clint, Charles Bronson, were looked down upon by the critics. But, you know, their fan base didn’t care. That’s why these guys became multi-millionaires.

[@RubenAndujar-t5w]

McQueen was the epitome of COOL. He overshadowed James Dean's level of COOL. I liked Yul Brynner but he was a tyrant on the set, and actors often complained about him trying to be a director, instead of another actor. He simply didn't like competition; he was envious of several male stars that were popular. McQueen was as macho as Gilbert Roland.

[@thomaswilson7538]

Nice relpy, but how do you know these personal things about Yul? Like me, but you likely have much more experience as a movie fan/critic, we take our opinions of acting talent, serious. ;) Hackman is the greatest male actor. What do you think?

[@TomHuston43]

@@thomaswilson7538 Richard Burton

[@DH-ve5bl]

Hackman was great in “Mississippi Burning”. (in my opinion.) Also thought Newman was great in “Cool Hand Luke.” Parts of that movie still choke me up.

[@John-rs3ib]

Who cares I think it added more affection during filming in the magnificent 7 there were 7 guys all with ego,s Bronson and McQueen became bigger stars than Coburn or brynner its still a classic movie but brynner told the producer he wouldn't make the return of the 7 if McQueen was in it its a shame instead robert fuller took the role of vin 😢😢

[@rogerzotti1]

Percy Helton was cool, too. A different kind of cool,. however...

[@ronnieboucherthecrystalcraftsm]

paul newman = never able to stand anywhere near steve mcqueen = newman - was more a shirt and tie = mcqueen was levis and a Tee shirt = STEVE MCQUEEN ALWAYS !

[@thomaswilson7538]

Newman was the cool "pretty boy,"with no onscreen surprizes. McQueen was a much better, natural actor and his screen persona was normally protrayed as being dangerous, unpredictable, but a natural, no bs male.

[@OHUQTU]

- then explain McQueen's terrible lines and acting in "The Blob"!

[@JohnValentine-ln6qs]

"better, more natural actor"? Must be joking

[@markrene6108]

Mate Paul's presence is still being felt today with his charity. Don't put down a legendary actor and man, one who would put you to shame in every facet of being a decent talented human being. I wouldn't believe anything on KZbin, but it's where the brainless get their knowledge. Silly little man keep your views to yourself if you dont have anything interesting or intelligent to offer 🤪

[@Lesattridge]

The blob was his first film

[@tomsmith522]

I liked McQueen but Newman was a more accomplished actor in my humble opinion 😊

[@cliffmcginnis3231]

Is it really that hard to find a real live human to narrate these vids? It sure would improve the quality of them.

[@dougamundson6836]

I read once where Steve McQueen mouthed off to Robert Mitchum. Robert Mitchum took exception, and Steve McQueen backed off IN A HURRY.

[@thomaswilson7538]

Another,"real" male. ;)

[@jameshuseby6290]

I have heard that for years that Robert Mitchum didn't like how Charles Bronson treated the people that were under him and also how he would bully people and let him know how he felt and Charles Bronson backed down

[@katiezee2]

@@jameshuseby6290 This reminded me - I once heard some comedian (can't remember who) had a joke about Charles Bronson being scary - him saying : "I'm gonna hurt you with my face !' haha

[@diogocatalano9557]

To me the King of Cool is Dean Martin.

[@Toshiko-cx6qi]

I have been waiting for another cool actor since 1980, but nobody beats Steve so far. imagine w/o Steve in the great escape. that wouldn't be as great as w/ him in the movie. such a character.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

Actor were more charismatic in the 50s to the 70s.

[@SuperSeriouSam]

Also apart from Michael Fassbender, Steve McQueen also had a contentious artistic falling out with Arthur Mullard during the filming of the 1973 blockbuster film, Holiday on the Buses. According to a cast witness Stan (Reginald Varney).Tempers become so frayed between McQueen and Mullard, that If it weren't for the calming intervention of Blakey (Seven Lewis) the whole production would have been shut down.

[@caretakerfochr3834]

@SuperSeriouSam Horseshit.

[@augustseptember3503]

Well done Sam, such superior mocking sarcasm I have not read in years! TE is such a boring channel!!!

[@gaskellr44]

I also heard that S McQueen comment that you were a complete w****r.

[@paulking187]

LOL

[@LindaCabrnoch]

Steve McQueen was a good actor

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@richardcollins6684]

I liked Steve McQueen from the Great Escape jumping the barrier with his motorcycle at the end. However, McQueen didn’t jump the barrier was a stunt double. This was the greatest editing which McQueen looked to be the one doing it. I believe the editing of this was given an oscar.

[@mglb]

Bud Ekins was the stuntman who actually made that jump. It's documented.

[@jeffcurtis5980]

It was McQueens idea to do the jump but the producers wouldn't let him. He was too valuable. Instead, his pal Bud Ekins did it.

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

I think that the Steve McQueen who directed Michael Fassbender was the black Steve McQueen from England. I was wondering how Michael Fassbender could have acted for the original Steve McQueen as I am sure that he died when I was just starting high school. Fassbender would have been too young to be on Grange Hill back then, never mind act in a film directed by the original Steve McQueen

[@jerrybeaver4677]

Total different type of actor Steve is still top shelf actor RIP the you Steve McQueen 2023

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

I was born in 1980 and grew up watching the movies of Steve. He was a truly bad ass actor and natural born racer. I guess he never used stunter when performing car chases or motorcycle riding.

[@donagh1954]

This is total rubbish Steve Mc Queen, a black film director, and absolutely no relation to thev actor. AI GENERATED.

[@Bill23799]

In my opinion Steve McQueen's talent peaked in " The Blob ".

[@JamesComstockCages]

Perfect. Can't remember, was he the blob?

[@johndean4765]

Bill personally I think though Mcqueen was charismatic he was definitely overrated as an actor looks to me he just was himself in films ,not at all versatile.

[@richardorton3881]

I ran into Steve McQueen once at his house in Malibu but I didn't realize it until months later. I was location scouting for a department store wanting to photograph a catalog at a house on the beach. I was driving all over Malibu and found myself on a quiet empty seaside street and saw two guys working on motorcycle in the driveway next to the road. The older guy had a bushy beard and the other guy was younger. I asked them if they knew any houses around there we could use for a location. The older guy said "nope" and I drove on eventually found a beach house thru a realtor. Months later i saw a picture of Steve McQueen with a beard in a magazine and realized that was the guy who had said "nope"..

[@The_Touring_Jedi]

Steve was a bad ass actor and a natural born racer. I was born in 1980 and watched his movies as a kid.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

@@The_Touring_JediI was 2 years old and I watched his grandson on the vampire diaries and some piranha movie.

[@lesterrosamond6548]

They never mentioned that Paul Newman and Steve McQueen were in the movie "Somebody Up There Likes Me." 1956. McQueen played a small part as a teenage hoodlum. Pulling a knife and wrapping his jacket around his other hand for protection from getting cut.

[@d.j.smithjr.3029]

Steve was one of my favorite actors, I don't really care what his fellow actors thought of him, just sayin'.

[@user-Stephen-1967]

For Steve McQueen to ask for more words in a script, is not unusual in any way. Some actors request more words to flesh out their characters, to give them added layers of dimension, hardly unexpected in the movie making business. He's not the first or last.

[@marktwain2053]

Steve could be a bit abrasive, and demanding, but he did project the epitome of cool. Steve McQueen didn't die where it's said he did, I won't say where, because they didn't want it turned into a shrine.

[@patriciafeehan7732]

Garner and McQueen raced cars together, just to show you Jim’s loyalty.

[@healthyone100]

i seen Garner many times at the Indianapolis 500, i also meet Newman there when he sponserd Mario Andretti, Newman was a good Trans Am driver saw him race at Lime Rock Park Conn!

[@Lightningslick]

McQueen was first choice for Grand Prix. Garner, the ultimate choice, was Frankenheimer's second choice.

[@eugenelebreton2558]

Steve McQueen the actor died in 1980, so it not possible that he could direct The Hunger film with Michael Fassbender. I think that you are referring to Steve McQueen, the British filmmaker

[@donagh1954]

ANYTHING AI GENERATED SHOULD BE BANNED FROM KZbin.

[@oicaroh]

Top exploration: Really? The ACTOR Steve McQueen died in 1980. Sir Steve Rodney McQueen CBE (born 9 October 1969) is a British film director, film producer, screenwriter, and video artist. The director was 10 years old when the actor died in 1980. Who is behind this pathetic s..t? Where have you been?

[@rc1564]

They're both cool. I still watch " wanted dead or alive"

[@ScottyColoradoKid]

Cant believe you dont even show the infamous scene of him and Yul on the stagecoach with Steve shaking the boxes of shotgun shells, playing with his cowboy hat, ect....

[@porflepopnecker4376]

Those touches made his character more watchable and interesting. I always thought it was silly to put him down for it.

[@reneefairley3765]

All of them are excellent actors!

[@bst6791]

I never knew that McQueen was such a Hollywood powerbroker he made movies after his death in 1980.

[@onarockm1024]

He never died, he got tired of acting and conjured a myth so nobody would bug him. He's living in my basement, great guy, always buys the beer and lets me drive his Ferrari.

[@narabdela]

As AI generated narrations go, this was pretty good at first, until it hit the usual name pronunciation problems. Then we have the problem of some of the nonsensical misinformation provided. It then becomes apparent that the whole video is probably a Chatgpt production. I doubt if any humans were involved. KZbin needs to weed out this kind of crap.

[@dominicbravo6794]

He was a legend.....I don't care what is said about him

[@Meatbalzz]

Paul Newman was NOT the friendliest person in the world. Yrs ago I used to work parking cars in a prominent Chicago restaurant. A gentleman by the name of Carl Haas, who was a friend of Newmans and business partner in a race car team. One night, Newman came in with Haas. I was talking to the limo driver and he mentioned that he HATES when Newman comes to town because he has to pick him up from the airport and drive him everywhere. He has STRICT instructions NOT to speak, or even look at him. He was very demanding and he never tipped him a dime!

[@healthyone100]

Newman and Haas tried many times to win the Indianapolis 500 with Mario Andretti as the driver but failed every time, they did win the Indy Car Championship i think a couple of times, Mario always had very bad luck at Indy!

[@zascreamer100]

Hilarious how you don’t know Steven McQueen the actor and Steve McQueen the director are two separate people. Did a lot of research on this , did ya ???😂😂

[@markhummel7656]

Pretty lame investigation

[@marcpadilla1094]

Evidently he wasnt intimidated by Dustin Hoffman. He probably learned early on that if he didnt pushback he wouldnt have much of a career as a Movie Star. He was both Feared and Loved. Fear and Love in the real world are mutually exclusive.

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@user-Stephen-1967]

Respect, honesty, and professionalism from his onset coworkers is what Steve expected, nothing more, nothing less. 😊

[@onarockm1024]

They were both short men, so Steve wasn't intimidated; he used to insist on having a box to stand on when in scenes with taller actors, such as Newman. His strong arming can be attributed to 'short man syndrome.' He felt he would be diminished by bigger actors. Also the fact he grew up in a boys orphanage may have had given him the feeling of an inferiority complex.

[@marcpadilla1094]

@@onarockm1024 He mustve been really short cuz Newman wasnt that tall. I bumped into Newman on the way out of my job on Madison av in the mid 80s and i was bigger than Newman. Maybe the same height but i was thicker at 180. He was Cool about it. Shrugged it off and that was it. I recognized him and kept it movin. He was friends with the owner of the company i worked for. Agency handled all his Newmans Own advertising.

[@user-Stephen-1967]

@onarockm1024 Steve McQueen was not intimidated by anyone in Hollywood. Alan Ladd also stood on boxes during filming. Richard Widmark was a man of short stature as well. Steve spending part of his youth in a orphanage probably toughened him up considerably to the point of not being afraid of softer people in the acting world. Steve McQueen was a self made man and you could see some of it on film.

[@richardpeabody95]

AI at work mistaking Steve McQueen "The King of Cool" and Steve McQueen the Director of Michael Fassbender near the end for the same person. Hysterically awkward and wrong. Ugh.

[@richardcollins6684]

Paul Newman, an actor always tried to be better. Newman had newspaper article where he apologized for his acting in the Silver Chalice. Paul Newman was the number one choice in Ben Hur which he turned down.

[@danielterry382]

No one has done more for Charity.

[@jamesglass5402]

I like Fassbender very much and I think he is a great actor.

[@xavierlejon1244]

I never knew Steve McQueen was prima donna. I loved Steve from the first time I saw him in his TV Wanted Dead or Alive break through in the entertainment business.

[@legendaryTMNICO]

Some of the best actors who give good performances on screen have bad attitudes.

[@larbueno]

Great editing and voice-over. Masterpiece!

[@stevenliebhauser9937]

The bold move of morphing into a black man was brilliant. What a career. How old is he, anyway?

[@michaell397]

I'm going to cann B.S. here. Yes they were both very popular actors, but for the most part it was nothing more than an avenue to pursue their true love. they were extremely accomplished Drivers on the very edge in Motor Sports and greatly admired each other and were very close personally. These two men had a natural talent in the motor sport was unreal! Their skills were legendary, As was another actor, James Garner. KnifeMaker

[@user-tb9lx1oz9n]

Another narrator who is too lazy to proofread his script. Constant mispronunciations...so many that it becomes comical if not shameful. Comic example: Magnificent Seven; Steve McQueen doing things to distract the audience from Yul Brynner, "while basically manure" ...the narrator meant to say "minor", but to say MANURE is most likely and comically how Yul Brynner felt.

[@RDAUGIRD]

It’s a computer voice. At first I was wondering who’s voice it was, a bit Sidney Poitier-esk then I realized it’s synthetic.

[@user-tb9lx1oz9n]

@@RDAUGIRD I doubt it is a computer voice based on the fact that this voice pronounces Yul Brynner several different ways. I don't think a computer would do that. More likely, a computer would pronounce any word or name the same way each time, correct or incorrect.

[@donagh1954]

AI generated.

[@MrBarrystuart]

......It's so easy looking back in hindsight to single Steve McQueen out from the rest of these Hollywood Icons as somehow being egotistical or self-centered, but the truth is that none of these actors were good little angels. Unfortunately, actors upstaging one another has been a long-standing tradition in the performing arts. Steve McQueen had a very difficult childhood. He was basically neglected and arguably abandoned by his mother and became a troubled teenager who grew up in an orphanage. ......when he eventually decided to embark in the acting profession, he knew that he wasn't going to get anywhere by standing back and becoming a wall flower. Hollwood is full of hungry and aggressive actors, and he knew that if he were to succeed, that he would have to fully assert himself and fight for any and all opportunities he could gain. His genuine struggle to fight and succeed in Hollywood is really not all that different than most of his contemporaries.

[@AndreaKollo]

In fact Paul Newman and James Garner were upstanding gentlemen loved by all in the industry. They knew their own worth and were married to their wives for almost 50 yrs Garner 50+ I believe. He was dirt poor and had a terrible home life, but he did learn discipline when he served in the military and received commendations. So you know not of what you speak. Should have to tear people down by suggesting they are as questionable as the person you are trying to defend.

[@MrBarrystuart]

Unfortunately, like so many people today, you completely mischaracterize everything. No one here is suggesting that these aren't all honorable men, including Steve McQueen himself. Just because someone is married for 50 years doesn't automatically make them a saint, nor do the indiscretions on the part of Steve McQueen or anyone else for that matter automatically make him a terrible person. As a film buff, I have always admired all of these actors. My remarks were only designed to add some context to the presentation, which seemed a little tilted to one side in my view. You should really consider trying your hand at politics - those folks like to mischaracterize things too.

[@AndreaKollo]

As most have acknowledged, the presentation powered by AI it seems is highly questionable regarding facts! However, based on that information you decided you needed to add context as you say - perhaps you needs to consider that it was not well presented and while doing that, you in effect dissed the other actors even when as a movie buff you should know that what is being presented, for the most part is wrong! Don’t appreciate your patronizing and arrogant opening sentence either!

[@MrBarrystuart]

I'm glad that you at least agree with me that the presentation was less than accurate and made some pretty glaring biographical mistakes. Moreover, I believe they were a little too heavy handed in vilifying Steve McQueen. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure he was quite often a very difficult person to work with, and sometimes pushy too - it's just that I don't believe he was all that different in that regard from many of his contemporaries. Hollywood has a dark list of some very difficult and jaded people, but I don't believe that he would rate anywhere near the top half of that list - despite what the video might suggest. Consequently, if you look at my original post, I refer to the actors from this era as Hollywood Icons, which is clearly a term of endearment on my part. I admire all of these men, they're my childhood hero's. Just because I suggest that they're not all good little angels is not the same thing as disrespecting them - everyone has their own little foibles and misgivings from time to time, especially in a highly competitive world such as acting. No offense, but I believe that you have willfully mischaracterized my words and overstated their meaning. Most people who are discerning enough and introspective enough can understand the difference - I'm sorry that you're having such a difficult time with it all.

[@cassandradelvegablanco5299]

This sounds weird but yul brenner's walk was very manly. I love how he walked

[@1956tojo]

Uh....... He walked like he was trying to keep a greased egg from popping out of his keester.... Yul Brenner was a very self absorbed strange bird indeed.... and the movies I WOULD sit down to watch that he was in just never did impress me at all.... Never did GET the whooptee doo over him and his acting.... To ME, Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck, Sean Connery, I could keep going, but there were MANY actors that were better in my book...... The best thing he did as far as I am concerned was the movie West World.... and he didn't really have to act in THAT either.....

[@jeffcurtis5980]

When he was young he was actually a circus acrobat in Paris. He had an accident and broke his back but still had the strength of will to walk again. That's why his gait was unusual.

[@katiezee2]

@@1956tojo some Yul Brynner trivia :: When I was in Paris in the 70s, I saw in the Louvre, a display of photos of him as a young = nude = model . . What people did / do sometimes when they are broke & desperate

[@strangerintown3676]

Many years later Steve McQueen apologize & buried the hatchet with Yul Brynner.

[@mzccophant8420]

It was and still is a competition of ego but today in our electronic world a result proven PR specialist is mandatory.

[@DanielByers-qf9qi]

James Garner is one of the most natural, and naturally effortless, actors I have ever seen. Steve McQueen had great stage presence, and genuine cowhand skills, but he was both ambitious and insecure. He felt threatened by charismatic leading men like Yul Brynner and James Garner, and always sought to upstage them. In "The Great Escape", John Sturges finally mollified McQueen about the perceived threat of Garner by asserting that in being solo in many of his scenes, McQueen would own the audience - and own the movie.

[@beatglauser9444]

Whatever I heard about Mcqueen shows that he was an egomaniac who could not stand anyone who was equal or superior to him, in competitions or acting and probably even in his private life.

[@elsdonward5058]

None of these details matter in any shape or form today. The commanding images portraying the enigmatic actors of these times are testament to what we believed as children, and what watchers can see today in what was real time acting. It was important for them to fill their roles with believable dynamism. No remarks can hurt them now, they live on in celluloid.

[@veltonmeade1057]

Well said.

[@48grizzly]

It tickled me to no end that McQueen got under Brynner's skin and enjoyed it.😂

[@DH-ve5bl]

About two thirds of the way through this video, the focus shifts to African-American director Steve McQueen. The director and the actor never crossed paths. The actor was long dead before the director came along.

[@mistrcoffe]

Also Steve McQueen of Bullitt fame died in 1980. The Steve McQueen who wrote and directed Shame is a different cat.

[@paulgill2042]

Not sure AI is a real threat yet if it can't pronounce one of the video subjects name properly.

[@rogerbrown-ci3ou]

Newman was a better actor no doubt about it . McQueen seem he was alway troubled.

[@michaelmayo]

I think this was a video created by AI. I'll betcha it asked for pieces on Steve McQueen friction with co-stars, which is how it picked up on director Steve McQueen and proceeded to cut it into the piece. I think it also means nobody bothered to check this otherwise they would have caught it.

[@narabdela]

It's very definitely entirely AI generated. I doubt if there's even any human presence that reads these comments. So no corrections.

[@user-Stephen-1967]

Steve McQueen had an onset persona that some considered volatile or dangerous, but it was simply Steve's acting method for the parts or characters that required that element. 😮 Truly a man of action in every sense of the word. 😮

[@AJ-bz7wq]

BULLSHIT!

[@jonlong5197]

Had to stop watching after 1:30 The computer generated voice was mispronouncing too many words.

[@johnnystaccata]

The on the set rewrite for The Great Escape was a success, and I give him credit for that. However I am glad he did not change the script for The Magnificent Seven, or it could have become something other than a Seven Samurai western.

[@SamSung-nf6tr]

What's interesting is today it appears the actors of the same age group all are friends.

[@thomaswilson7538]

And one big difference, I do believe gives you a better understanding of McQueen: He was had quite a physical presence, meaning, he was tough as he appeared, with plenty of physical training in most areas that presented to be a challenge. And he loved to be fight-ready. ;) * I would have loved to see Yul/Sterve, go at it. Lol

[@robertgiles9124]

McQueen was better than all those envious actors.

[@glensims3744]

Can someone tell me how Michael Fasbender and Steve McQueen had any relationship at all in light of the fact that Fasbender was 3 years old, born Aprill of 1977, when McQueen died in October of 1980. I am also growing very weary of the AI narration's in these bio-videos due to the fact that your constantly having to try to figure out what the word was that had just been mispronounced. VEXING.

[@Lardog213]

This video is dumb. the narrator doesn't have the right McQueen. the director for 2008 movie Hunger is named Steve Rodney McQueen imdb has him listed as Steve McQueen (III)

[@RoomAtTheTopStudio]

That one had me for a minute as well. I was at high school when the original Steve McQueen died. The one from the UK was still in primary school when the original one passed away

[@396375a]

Steve McQueen died Nov 7th, 1980!!!! So much for your editors missing that minor mistake!!!

[@onarockm1024]

You are giving them far too much credit to suggest that there are editors involved here.

[@stormyweathers9887]

In short: Steve McQueen was a f..king A-hole, and his collaboration with Michael Fassbender was the notable exception!

[@rickroth7640]

James Garner was also a Racer..🏁🏆✌️

[@gregclaflin9026]

Good God, don't you just hate Al narration? Especially when it suddenly can't pronounce words or suddenly affects a Spanish/English accent. Towards the end they mix up Steve McQueen the American actor who is white and passed away in 1980 with Steve McQueen the British director who black and is very much alive. Do these people crank these short documentaries on autopilot?

[@pjht0488]

What a terrible robotic voice of the narrator that often mispronounces words.

[@percybyssheshelly]

The narrator of this video occasionally exhibits signs of an impending stroke.

[@nancyadamson286]

😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@Meine.Postma]

YT is getting a tsunami of these robot fluff pieces which have a lot of repetitions and not really much information

[@jeffcurtis5980]

I was a fan of Steve McQueen until I recently read a biography of him. Unfortunately the guy was a nightmare. Short tempered, aggressive and violent. Paranoid in that he believed everyone was out to rip him off. Dealing with him was like dealing with a child holding a hand grenade. He hated Hollywood and everyone in it. Still. The films he left us were great.

[@fmradio42]

Oh, the humanity!

[@LyndonWilliams-gu8vy]

Steve will always remain one of my favorite actors. A l like like of people don't realize how misunderstood that he was considering what he endured from his parents while growing up. Still like Wanted dead or Alive tv show

[@LyndonWilliams-gu8vy]

A lot of people just didn't know the real McQueen in reality he was a good guy haunted by the fact that he had parents that didn't care for him

[@kennethrussell1158]

Was their anyone who liked McQueen?

[@cassandradelvegablanco5299]

I loved him

[@thomaswilson7538]

Women.

[@cassandradelvegablanco5299]

@@thomaswilson7538 😅😅😅

[@user-Stephen-1967]

Real and unpretentious men and women who wanted and got real acting from their star.

[@onarockm1024]

@@thomaswilson7538 Women who weren't in relationships with him, anyway.

[@MrMightyZ]

So many people describing actors criticising each other publicly yet still stating that one or the other was a nicer or more decent guy! No one with any decency or strength of character publicly criticises a coworker or anyone else. You’re only demonstrating that you don’t even understand what strength of character is! I’ll give you a clue though, a bunch of actors gossiping about each other is in no way a demonstration of niceness, decency or any other positive character trait. Jesus H Christ. What did your parents teach you?

[@onarockm1024]

'No one with any decency or strength of character publicly criticises a coworker or anyone else.' Ha, ha, ha -- good one!

[@MrMightyZ]

@@onarockm1024 I guess that’s pretty funny if you’re a moral vacuum.

[@Lightningslick]

McQueen remains my No.1 Hollywood Guy. Newman is my No.2.

[@stephengiese7549]

I was not aware of his personal background making films. I guess I should not have watched this feature because I realized his calmness in his films before. I have seen a lot of his work. I found this feature by chance and was curious. I will try not to remember this history when I will continue watching his work. in the future.

[@ashwalters5560]

Amazing icon and I guess it probably goes hand in hand with his determined and fearlessly competitive nature which he strove to enhance to make him what he was . A drive that overcame every emotion in-order to perhaps selfishly get the character that he portrayed to maximum effect a genius at the expense of others . That is a human nature aspect we all possess but few have the desire or ability to implement to such a high degree I guess in his personal life he was much the same after all he had a hard and tumultuous start in life like many of us which shapes our desire to succeed above others. He has given us all so much in his film legacy to be very grateful for .Ash

[@guyfawkesuThe1]

WTF?? FASSBENDER WAS 3 YEARS OLD WHEN MCQUEEN DIED.

[@jallen4458]

@@guyfawkesuThe1 OK, noted.

[@jallen4458]

You're taking "fanboy" to another level.

[@grantanderson7162]

Story's are very good but the narrators use of unnecessary high end words ruins it

[@stevejenkins6919]

Not to mention repeating the same scenes over and over again.

[@MikesOrganicVideos]

If McQueen died in 1980, why was the narrator saying that he directed a movie with Michael Fassbender in 2008? WTF? Seriously, AI is horrible with these videos.

[@martinkirby3100]

He obviously had some kind of personality disorder which was undiagnosed and was obviously also a control freak but nonetheless a brilliant actor and better than some of the others who had problems with him

[@stephencurry8552]

McQueen served time as a juvenile. Had problems from the start. Thankfully for him, Hollyweird adores oddballs with problems.

[@kennethfrawley]

WTF? McQueen died in 1980! Thus, how is Fastbender even an issue in 2008?

[@roquefortfiles]

Read by a bot no doubt

[@johnrroberts7900]

Why was the computer-generated narrator changed at 1:07 from Morgan Freeman-lite to Morgan Freeman with sarcasm-turbo button enabled?

[@MySpace662]

Steve McQueen wanted top billing for every movie he acted in.