Ultimate Behind-the-Scene Look At Steve McQueen, King Of Cool

The Magnificent Seven

Steven McQueen famously took on the role as the Vin Tanner, a gunfighter, in The Magnificent Seven. In the movie, he is one of the gunmen hired to defend a poor village in Mexico from a band of ruthless bandits, led by Calveras. They also help the villagers build fortifications, and they also sacrifice their lives to save the villagers, even after they’ve been betrayed.

McQueen later thanked Yul Brynner for requesting that he be cast as Vin in the move. Even with their disastrous relationship on-set, Brynner never kicked him off, and McQueen said, “that movie made me.”