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Steve McQueen with his stunt man Bud Elkins during the filming of “The Great Escape” (1963) (lemmy.world)
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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wasn't Elkins the inspiration for the Cliff Booth character?

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I think it was Hal Needham. Rick is most definitely inspired by Burt Reynolds 60s career slump so it is easy to assume Cliff is based on Needham.