I have a Junior Bonner story!
A fellow portrait artist at a craft fair was a gal who’d been a hand on the set of Junior Bonner, with a cool story about it.
Everyone was taking a break, so she mosied over to the empty rodeo stands where another hand was relaxing. They struck up a friendly conversation for about 20 minutes til she realized it was McQueen himself! Couldn’t believe how down-to-earth and personable he was. Boy was she thrilled.
That’s a cool story. I’ve heard McQueen used to like to hang out with the stunt men on his films and was a very real, down-to-earth guy. In the final years of his life, he became a Christian.
Sidenote: I recently purchased a bluray of another McQueen film, “The Sand Pebbles” and watched it last night. If I ever find it available on the internet, I’ll post if for a MFASA.
That’s oone of my dad’s favorite movies :p