{"id":130177,"date":"2023-09-13T19:25:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:25:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=130177"},"modified":"2023-09-13T19:25:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T19:25:30","slug":"john-wayne-estate-share-sweetest-thing-steve-mcqueen-said-about-duke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/tv-and-movies\/john-wayne-estate-share-sweetest-thing-steve-mcqueen-said-about-duke\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wayne estate share sweetest thing Steve McQueen said about Duke"},"content":{"rendered":"
Steve McQueen may have been known for being a Hollywood tough guy who feuded with the likes of Yul Brynner and Paul Newman.<\/p>\n
Yet The Great Escape star had a huge admiration for John Wayne, having grown up watching the Western legend.<\/p>\n
McQueen\u2019s biographer Marshall Terrill recalled: \u201cMcQueen greatly respected the Duke and held him up as the gold standard for movie stars.”<\/p>\n
The pair enjoyed the occasional cheeky antics together, including one time at the 1966 Golden Globes.<\/p>\n
Hanging out backstage waiting to go on, Wayne realised he didn\u2019t have time to find the restroom so began peeing against a wall or on a curtain.<\/p>\n
Read more… <\/strong> John Wayne was mistaken for Steve McQueen by a fan[JOHN WAYNE AND STEVE MCQUEEN] <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n McQueen spotted Duke relieving himself and couldn\u2019t stop laughing before joining him for a leak.<\/p>\n According to The Great Escape star\u2019s widow Barbara Minty, he would remember this encounter with a \u201chuge smile\u201d.<\/p>\n And now John Wayne\u2019s estate have shared a picture of the two late stars hugging, with a sweet line by McQueen on Duke.<\/p>\n Don’t miss… <\/strong>
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