F rom The Great Escape to The Getawayand everything in-between, Steve McQueen earned his reputation as the King of Cool. He gave one of his coolest performances in one of his most underrated ...

The Great Escape has a star-studded Royal World Premiere at London's Leicester Square Odeon on June 20, 1963. By then, Steve McQueen was the undisputed big name, but he was actually paid $87,500 ...

The ensemble cast also includes Steve McQueen (whose character, “The Cooler King” Virgil Hilts, became iconic for a thrilling motorcycle chase scene), James Garner, Charles Bronson and more.

The Great Escape. 11/7/2023 | 10m 37s Video has Closed Captions | CC. ... "Steve McQueen takes the Honors." The Cooler King had taken another step towards becoming Hollywood's King of Cool. ...

The Great Escape: Welshman inspired Steve McQueen role. 24 March 2024. Share Save. Nathan Bevan. ... Like Rees, Hilts is then sent to the cooler where he immediately begins planning his next escape.

But how many know the American icon's role as a daredevil POW in the 1963 World War Two film The Great Escape is supposedly based on a Welshman? Ken Rees, from Anglesey, was the bomber pilot who ...

It is the part that cemented Steve McQueen in the pantheon of Hollywood cool. But how many know the American icon's role as a daredevil POW in the 1963 World War Two film The Great Escape is ...