How Steve McQueen, ‘The King of Cool’ Became An Antihero Superstar?

[@AgeOfVintage]

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[@johnnyangel9163]

He was insecure to the ump degree.He always measured himself against Paul Newman.Paul raced cars he raced cars.When they did The Towering Inferno film they had to add more lines of dialog because he found out Paul had more!Whacky for a grown man to act like that.

[@HigginsDog09]

I would be happy to donate if the narrative follows a more chronological path, rather than going through facts and then rehashing them later. Also, rather than having a jumble of of photos that repeat several times, wouldn’t it be better if they were organized to appear during that part of the narration to which they apply? Only my two cents, but raising the production value could only improve these studies in the lives of well known actors.

[@davidrobinson5122]

I think Steve McQueen deserved an Oscar for the movie The Sand Pebbles that was his best underrated performance

[@brittlyle3523]

His best role......I second tha emotion!!!

[@dontherealartist]

You are SO right about this.

[@windronner1]

absolutely! As much a classic as any of his films.

[@raynic1173]

Bull Schite, the scene with him in the row boat and his love interest is terrible! They way he "tries" to play innocent and unaware is amateurish at best.

[@yourgoddidntcreatetheuniverse]

Papillon was his best performance.

[@craigtalbott731]

My Auntie Gloria was a film and TV character actress and worked w/ McQueen on several TV projects, including a few episodes of "Wanted: Dead or Alive". He would occasionally take her out riding on his motorbike, which she greatly enjoyed doing. She took his passing pretty roughly. I, for one, was very impressed by his performances.

[@jameshuseby6290]

Grew up watching your aunt and Steve McQueen on TV and the movies

[@billmoss2877]

I remember his passing. I was driving down Queens Blvd and heard it on the radio in 1980. He was down in Mexico who at the time was providing last ditch and questionable Laetrile therapy for his cancer. He was a young guy when he passed but a cool man for sure. Never forget him in " The Great Escape" as well as "Bullitt." Addendum: Your Auntie Gloria was the real thing and a beautiful woman. Thanks for sharing.

[@Mamadukee1]

I am a big Steve McQueen fan,I think this was fair concise,and told the truth,Steve McQueen was difficult ,cheated on his wife, did drugs,, could be lazy,but you know put him on the movie screen, he was pure magic,he never forgot the boys republic,went there , donated money, yes he did have a terrible childhood,but you know he was no saint,but Steve no one can compare to you then and now,you went your own way,and I choice to see you as you were,far from perfect,just trying to survive the best you could.☺️🇬🇧

[@dollydagger4306]

I ❤ Steve McQueen and he is the ultimate King of Cool. He was kind of difficult to deal with on a movie set but he's worth it..

[@judithforney2149]

Hands down Steve McQueen was the total King of Kool. I was a big fan of his. Sorry he died so young 😔😓💔 Just think of how much more he could have done 👍😊❤️

[@bobbywall172]

Check out his bio, full of drugs, alcohol and more, acting is just that, it’s not real🦨

[@queenslander954]

@@bobbywall172 Yea mate he was like that before acting , and besides when did you become so pure & why are you watching a video on him if he’s so shit

[@MrCarpen7er]

*Cool

[@tootoo1688]

@@queenslander954to

[@francor27]

Steve McQueen throughout his career built a character and played it in his real life. People admired that character and that made him unique.

[@donaldclay9535]

My Hero Role Model. He Didn't Take "!@#$" From Nobody. May He R.I.P.

[@lindseycarribean5113]

Steve McKing A fearless man.

[@luisvaldes1568]

Cool pic at 1:35. No internet, computers, cable, or satellite TV or cell phones at home Just TV , radio, LPs or books. How did we do it?

[@lynnecrisp]

One major thing u left out is the MOST imp part of Steve's horrible personal life is within a yr or so b4 his death he accepted Jesus & was saved & regretted he didn't have more time to lead ppl to the Lord & give his testimony to ppl cuz believe me ppl would of listened & believed him. So when he passed away in his sleep after surviving a surgery that was highly illegal he woke up thirsty & had his bible (given from Billy Graham & signed by him) open to John 3:16 & closed his eyes fell back asleep & passed into Glory w/Jesus. Ty Lord for rescuing Steve from himself

[@MolecularInsights]

This channel is awesome. I absolutely love the voice over work of the gentleman narrating for this AOV channel. I wish he narrated for the others, as well.

[@gms9655]

At 15:05 the narrator says quote: "The legend of Steve McQueen star of a few great movies and a great many terrible ones". Which ones? I never seen a bad movie McQueen ever did.

[@michaelterry4394]

The Blobb

[@LGCblessed]

THE ONE I've been waiting for! Thank you : )

[@ncgirlfromtx]

Just wanted to add a postscript to the end of his life. He desperately wanted to live and traveled to Mexico for experimental medical treatment. At some point, he was told about salvation through Christ and became a devout Christ follower several months before his death. That's what I choose to dwell on. He finally found peace.

[@jmason2838]

😇🦋💭..💘..🙁...🙏🏻🕯️🌹🏆..👑😎 🗿

[@LeeAsh7]

Billy Graham visited him and gave him his Bible. Steve had it laying on his chest when he died of an embolism after a successful surgery in Mexico.

[@tomsampson8084]

He was a troubled man who sadly died too young. At least he got to have more fun, money, and fame in a relatively short time than most of us get in a longer time on this planet.

[@michaelellringer5600]

The truest Bisexual you'll ever encounter!

[@charliesalzillio8524]

Cool yes! But one of the greatest actors I've ever watched!!

[@dirtyharry7616]

yes him and gene hackman and marlin brando

[@michaelterry4394]

@@dirtyharry7616 Robert Duvall

[@cesarerossetti7004]

Sono da sempre un grande fan del grande Steve, personaggio unico , iconico , grande attore e uomo amante della vita . Un saluto dall ' Italia.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

Honestly, I'm glad he didn't sign-on to 'One Flew Over a Cuckoos Nest!' McQueen was too cool to get mixed-up with that.

[@dollydagger4306]

He almost turned down the role of Frank Bullitt. Steve was very anti-establishment, and Frank Bullitt was a cop/detective. Why on earth according to Steve ,would I play a cop? That's nowheres ville! Of course he was also afraid of what his anti-establish friends and fans would think.

[@bighands69]

I would not say he was Anti-Establishment but most certainly had an independence streak.

[@evazdivaz]

Amazing actor!

[@weilandiv8310]

Anyone who can play Papillon, and also the cool cat in The Getaway, is alright w me.

[@blorac9869]

May he rest in peace! Enjoyed, TYVM!

[@Idahoguy10157]

Steve McQueen was a movie idol and a public personality. In comparison rival actor James Garner was an actor and a professional.

[@lawrencebright2061]

liked Tom Horn the most of his roles!

[@windronner1]

actually Steve's cancer originated back in his NYC acting days. When he was working for a insulation company in the Brooklyn Navy yards that sprayed asbestos fiber matting into the hulls of ships as insulation. There was no regulation or connection at the time between cancer and asbestos. In addition to being a smoker

[@williamewing5509]

I have got movie DVDS of Steve McQueen with Robert Vaughn in Bullet with Paul Newman Richard Chamberlain Fred Astaire William Holden in The Towering Inferno with Charles Bronson James Coburn Donald Pleasance James Garner David McCallum Gordon Jackson and Angus Lennie in The Great Escape with Yul Brynner as Chris (as I used to call Christine) (by her nickname Chris) Charles Bronson James Coburn Brad Dexter Robert Vaughn and Eli Wallach as the baddie Calvera in The Magnificent Seven I am dedicating these movie DVDS to my old school friends who are both sisters as I hope to see them both again very soon to Chris and Hester Brand from Billyxxxx The Magnificent Seven

[@brentonl2631]

An amazing actor on of the best just taken to early. Brenton 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@stevenrowson4339]

The type of cancer (pleural mesothelioma) he got was from exposure yo asbestos, I just looked it up. I always thought it was from smoking.

[@neilchapman5145]

He worked on ship boilers in the merchant navy, he was exposed to asbestos then and the racing suits he wore was full of asbestos too

[@maureendibari2384]

I loved him and found he also was on cowboy tv show in fifties

[@jameshuseby6290]

The show from the fifties was a half hour western titled Wanted Dead or Alive where Steve McQueen portrays a bounty hunter it's on week days around 7am CST on the free over the air network H&L and Saturday afternoon I believe 3pm on the free over the air network MeTv

[@maureendibari2384]

@@jameshuseby6290 ty

[@jackvoss5841]

I understand that he made anonymous donations to boys homes and boys clubs. Courtesy of Half Vast

[@stever1791]

In the Cincinnati Kid movie he slapped Ann Margret - I'll tell you right now Elvis didn't like that and it cost Steve his friendship with The King

[@waynemetzger6251]

A true legend !!!!!!

[@onieljohnson8916]

Need a movie about this guy

[@robbyblackwell7247]

Love your channel it's very educational to a person who thought he was very well versed in Hollywood, Clearly I wasn't as I know something new every time I watch one of your videos! Thank you and happy New Year

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

Passed away at 50 ...very young ...my dad was only 54, when he left for the beyond ...I'm drinking Red Crown 👑 organic pomegranate juice (with pulp) just reckon it's good for me ...probably is ♥️

[@MrBarrystuart]

I had actually read years ago that his greatest Asbestos exposure had more than likely been the result of working with a detail of servicemen to remove Asbestos laden batts of old insulation on a US naval ship back in the 1950's.

[@survivallife7401]

I never watched a McQueen movie, I’m more intertwined by his real life.

[@c.s.s.1723]

Always my idol, and I hesitate to say, a kindred spirit. The more I hear about his idiosyncrasies, the more I see my own. Bizarre. I am no movie star, just a working jerk.

[@pauldavies5611]

McQueen as “Dirty Harry”? That would have been something to see.

[@gjpopper3863]

His last three movies were box office flops . He's been dead since 1980 . Still influencing , still being talked about .

[@ghislainesierocki9198]

Le plus beau iremplacable Steve tu nous manques partis trop tot

[@michaelmcgee8543]

His sexuality was okay, although shifty. mainstream men have shifty sex drives. One moment they want to be with one person forever .another moment they want to be with a stranger. Other than that he was a good actor and I enjoyed his movies.

[@Jgeneraledger23]

7:14, that was really funny, thank you. "It gave her BIG BREASTS!"

[@jmen4071]

A movie star; women want to be with him; men want to be like him.

[@lilajagears8317]

I cant believe that he would now be 92.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

His first wife, Neile Adams, is still alive and is 90.

[@glenkepic3208]

Cool but i just wanted the '08 Bullit Mustang.

[@johannarocho3040]

Near the end he became a devout CHRISTIAN!

[@kellythomas90]

Joann of course don't we all ?

[@johannarocho3040]

@@kellythomas90 They is no guarantee we have tomorrow! You have to come now! Eternity is at stake! People love their sin to much!

[@wardone8991]

Glad to hear. I hope it’s true.

[@MrJC7071]

@@kellythomas90 lol

[@cheriepeden6384]

His fans thought he could do no wrong. Isn't that enough. Steve McQueen was exposed to asbestos when he was working on a boat, as a marine. Where you got the story about his racing gear causing the cancer, I will never know.

[@wookinooki9023]

there's a preposition missing in the title.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

I never cared for Steve McQueen.

[@adamquiles2468]

Can't think of any other Hollywood Star who hasn't behaved this way hell look at Will Smith

[@tdp73]

Who wrote this??? Obviously no fan of his.

[@GildaBernsmüller]

Gibt es das auch in deutsch

[@mikeballard8404]

He should have stayed with the Woman who loved him.

[@wardone8991]

Is this quote real?: "I thought Newman was arrogant. When I finally got him into bed, I taught him who the man was." - Steve McQueen on Paul Newman

[@charlescasey9799]

Fun movie guy but downhill after that

[@johnwright291]

I thought his acting was subliminal at best. He was OK in papillion.

[@davidleethompsoniii8263]

I have, Been cheated... I never worked in a brothel in the Dominican!

[@timothylines631]

he was never a ford person.

[@MapleSyrupPoet]

🪁🎰🎱😅👍

[@kellythomas90]

NO, the King of kool is James dean !!!!!!!! ALWAYS

[@faverogibou6773]

In your dreams !!

[@lbj4993]

Personally, I happen to think he made a career of playing the same character over and over again, no matter the role or the movie. It was always the serious, lost and bitter loner, the guy who didn't care about anybody but himself. I'm not even sure he had much reach as an actor, at least I've never seen it. That of course can be said about many actors, Clint Eastwood comes to mind, same squint, same studied coolness and lack of compassion, but to me the difference is that Eastwood at least made me care about his characters at times, whereas I've never seen McQueen play a character I found interesting enough to care about one way or the other. Cool, I'm not so sure, self-centered egomaniac, for sure. Dean Martin was beyond cool on stage or in some of his movies, as was Gregory Peck for that matter, and you can admittedly say that we're comparing apples to oranges and all that deep bs acting crap, but some actors have personalities and character one can like and admire, McQueen had none of that imo. He was a troubled human being, with massive insecurities combined with a huge ego; not a good cocktail, and it showed. Cheers

[@mezulpo2567]

I thought the scene where he takes the cigar from the leper and puts it in his mouth was monumental acting. His body language said everything with no dialogue.

[@irenejohnston6802]

A true Christian keeps the First commandment. The Vindication of Jehovah's Sovereignty and sanctification of His Name. Matt 6:9; follows eg of JC.

[@josephsturgis3898]

What a putz Steve was.

[@davemarr7743]

What's with this narrarator , tell the story from the beginning to the end. Not all over the place, jeezus wept.

[@cynthiacupler8005]

I never cared for Steve McQueen,he isn't cool to me.

[@ruling528]

He looked like a haggard bum in nice clothes.

[@danzan6951]

Steve McQueen was an over rated limited actor. His persona carried him through his roles in pictures. His acting ability was often non existent; just menacing looks at others and the like. He was promoted by his first wife Nell who was a Filipina who enjoyed the limelight with him.

[@elainecoward9249]

I never liked him ,didn't know anything about him till now and still dont like him

[@lindseycarribean5113]

We don't care.

[@Melinda8162]

You’d be in a minority!!

[@Melinda8162]

@Astro Jenkins 🤣🤣🤣

[@jameshuseby6290]

@Astro Jenkins Ha Ha moooooo