A great Kurosawa remake that transforms the period drama "The Magnificent Seven" into a Western drama *Note! Contains spoilers.

Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen feud

The conflict between the two can be seen from the beginning of the movie. The scene where Yul Brynner, who plays Chris, pulls a hearse. Steve McQueen, who plays Vin, takes off his hat to check for wind and sunlight, but Brynner doesn't like this. He couldn't stand the audience's attention being focused on McQueen.

When the seven of them head to a remote village in Mexico, McQueen leans down and dips his hat in a river, but I don't like this either. Brynner reportedly told him, ``If you don't stop doing that, I'm going to take off my hat, too, and no one will see you for the rest of the movie.'' Still, Brynner was worried that McQueen would do something wrong, so he ordered his assistant to count "the number of times McQueen touched the hat." In shots of the two of them side by side, Brynner always stood on a mound of dirt to give the impression that he was taller than McQueen (in reality, McQueen was several centimeters taller).

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McQueen is not defeated either. He complained about the gun Bryner was using. He says, ``The ivory grip is too flashy.'' He also complained about the horse Brynner was riding. He said, ``The horse is too big.'' Even when Robert Vaughn told them, ``I'm the one riding the biggest horse among the seven,'' they were disappointed. McQueen's response was, "I don't care about your horse. I care about Brynner's horse."

Brynner and McQueen's childlike fights were soon reported in the newspapers. Brynner hurriedly made the comment, ``I don't have a feud with the actor, I just have a feud with the studio,'' but the feud between the two was now a public fact. Eventually, the other five members began to think, ``I want to attract the attention of the audience, too!'' and began to refuse stunts and perform action scenes themselves.

Director Sturges was horrified by the fact that he had no control over the actors. The scene was completely out of control.

John Sturges faced the challenge