Charles Bronson was "bitter" and "belligerent", said this co-star
One of the major escape cascades of the Star of Action opened on their conflict in his brief.
The great Escape Characteristic an overall melting that includes legendary actors such asSteve McQueen,James Garner,Charles Bronson, andRichard Attendagh. But, despite their similar state in Hollywood, not everyoneagreed on the whole From the movie of 1963. In fact, a co-star refers to Bronson as "bitter" and "belligerete" nearly 50 years after the release of the film.
In his 2011 brief,GARNER files,Garner wrote about the movie and hisGreat escape Co-stars. While he said he was "good friends" with McQueen, the actor also claimed that McQueen could "be a pain in the [expletive] on the whole" and "was not an actor" but a movie star".
And when he arrived in Bronson, who diddo notConsider a friend, he had particularly strong words. Read it to see what the late actor has said about emblematic action action.
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The film brought several of the biggest stars from the whole era.
The great Escape is a war movie on allied soldiers who plan an escape from a camp of German prisoners of war during the Second World War. IT STARS A number of popular actors from the early 1960s. At this stage of his career, Garner had already played in the seriesMaverick and appeared in a number of other television shows and films. Bronson had also acted for years, appearing in many Westerners, includingThe magnificent seven.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Garner claimed that Bronson was abusive on the whole.
InGARNER filesGarner had a lot to say about Bronson, who died in 2003.
"Charlie Bronson was pain in the [expletive] too," he wrote. "He used and abused people, and I did not like it ... he was a bitter and belligerent cold blood. I do not know why he had a chip on his shoulder. He was not a barrel to laugh on the set, I can tell you. "
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The tension between them has not finished byThe great Escape.
In his brief, Garner also wrote about Bronson participating in a poker game at home a year after they shot the movie. According to Garner, Bronson tried to withdraw a bet when it was too late, and because he was playing against a "street child" who was working as a supplement in Hollywood, Garner made Bronson the pay "probably no more than fifty Dollars, because this money meant a lot to this kid. "He continued," Charlie was angry and we got up, but that did not come to blows. "
Garner said Bronson then swore he would never work with him again. "Throughout my life, there were some guys who did not like me because I was honest," he wrote. "Hell, I never thought I was frank, I just told the truth."
They were finally able to go to a friendly place.
Garner explained that, a few years later, he and his wife,Laws Clarke, ran in Bronson and his wife,Jill Ireland, at the restaurant.
"The next thing I know that the four of us dine together", sharing Garner. "Everything was so nice. But I think Charlie held a rancor. I knowIdid."
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