I was inspired by a comment by ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
laurondo to do a tribute post to Steve McQueen after Todd Farmer's interview referred to Jensen Ackles as a "young Steve McQueen."
I admit it's been years since I've watched a Steve McQueen movie. So I went out and downloaded "The Great Escape" from iTunes and rewatched it this afternoon. I wanted, at the least, to nab some screen caps of the solitary scene comparing those images of Hilts to Dean in FPBs.
Plus while I definitely associate Jensen with McQueen, I wasn't sure that McQueen had the same abilities as Jensen to express so much by the raise of an eyebrow, the look in his eye, his body language, etc. I wouldn't be able to tell that for sure from one action movie. But I wanted to look for it.
Read on for my McQueen tribute and comparisons to Jensen. (Note none of the images are mine unless I mention I took a screen cap.) At the end I make my pick between who wins--Steve McQueen or Jensen Ackles.
Someday perhaps I'll do a "bad ass" Dean picspam. But for now I hereby declare Jensen Ackles to be the New and Improved Steve McQueen.
But you know what? Any public comparison of Jensen as a young Steve McQueen can only help draw attention to Jensen, where he can then blow them away with his acting and all-around nice-guy while still being cool abilities. Being associated with McQueen's "mystique" can only be a good thing.
laurondo to do a tribute post to Steve McQueen after Todd Farmer's interview referred to Jensen Ackles as a "young Steve McQueen." I admit it's been years since I've watched a Steve McQueen movie. So I went out and downloaded "The Great Escape" from iTunes and rewatched it this afternoon. I wanted, at the least, to nab some screen caps of the solitary scene comparing those images of Hilts to Dean in FPBs.
Plus while I definitely associate Jensen with McQueen, I wasn't sure that McQueen had the same abilities as Jensen to express so much by the raise of an eyebrow, the look in his eye, his body language, etc. I wouldn't be able to tell that for sure from one action movie. But I wanted to look for it.
Read on for my McQueen tribute and comparisons to Jensen. (Note none of the images are mine unless I mention I took a screen cap.) At the end I make my pick between who wins--Steve McQueen or Jensen Ackles.
Someday perhaps I'll do a "bad ass" Dean picspam. But for now I hereby declare Jensen Ackles to be the New and Improved Steve McQueen.
But you know what? Any public comparison of Jensen as a young Steve McQueen can only help draw attention to Jensen, where he can then blow them away with his acting and all-around nice-guy while still being cool abilities. Being associated with McQueen's "mystique" can only be a good thing.
