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·My favourite was White Lotus.
She was also good in San Andreas, co-starring with Dwayne Johnson. But I've enjoyed most things I've seen with her, even the critically panned Baywatch (again with the Rock).
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She was also good in San Andreas, co-starring with Dwayne Johnson. But I've enjoyed most things I've seen with her, even the critically panned Baywatch (again with the Rock).
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·Steve wasn't am ambassador, he just wore it for a film.
Don Nunley was the property master of Le Mans and had excellent recall of all the details around McQueen's selection of the Monaco.
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·Hardly a ringing endorsement. He wanted to wear the Omega.... doesn't exactly contradict Jack Heuer's version of events, but his take was that SMQ thought Omega would lever his image to sell watches. This version makes sense as wearing a Heuer logo on his overalls and an Omega on the wrist would look pretty odd.
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·Hardly a ringing endorsement. He wanted to wear the Omega.... doesn't exactly contradict Jack Heuer's version of events, but his take was that SMQ thought Omega would lever his image to sell watches. This version makes sense as wearing a Heuer logo on his overalls and an Omega on the wrist would look pretty odd.
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·This quote is also from Don Nunley's book:
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“Knowing Steve’s reputation for having sticky fingers, I detailed one of my prop assistants to shadow him on the set and retrieve the watch whenever McQueen finished a scene."
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Quite funny how this mirrors The Chase for Carrera scene where Vanessa Bayer (playing the Prop Master) is trying to get the watch back from Ryan Gosling. 😁
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“Knowing Steve’s reputation for having sticky fingers, I detailed one of my prop assistants to shadow him on the set and retrieve the watch whenever McQueen finished a scene."
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Quite funny how this mirrors The Chase for Carrera scene where Vanessa Bayer (playing the Prop Master) is trying to get the watch back from Ryan Gosling. 😁
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·We've been through this before Rob. I own Don Nunley's book and posted about his first hand account of how McQueen chose the Monaco here.
Steve wanted to wear the Omega, both Jack and Don said that. The debate is did he not because he was worried they would leverage his image or did he not because it contradicted the branding on his suit.
And yeah I guess you can say he chose the Monaco from the 5 Heuers but only once he discounted the Omega.
Doesn't make a great advertising slogan that though, we'll I guess it would for Omega. I could imagine a photo of McQueen on an Omeha catalogue with the phrase 'The watch he actually wanted to wear....
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·Yes I read it from Jeff's link before I commented again.
Steve wanted to wear the Omega, both Jack and Don said that. The debate is did he not because he was worried they would leverage his image or did he not because it contradicted the branding on his suit.
And yeah I guess you can say he chose the Monaco from the 5 Heuers but only once he discounted the Omega.
Doesn't make a great advertising slogan that though, we'll I guess it would for Omega. I could imagine a photo of McQueen on an Omeha catalogue with the phrase 'The watch he actually wanted to wear....
Don's book documents everything in a lot more detail than the excerpts in that article. That Steve was very meticulous about his wardrobe and appearance for the role (I have read this about his other movies too). That Le Mans was Steve's pet passion project, he oversaw every aspect and if he wanted something he got it.
Steve first decided he wanted to look like Siffert and chose to mimic his racing suit. Siffert's racing suit also had a Marlboro patch, but Steve chose not to use the Marlboro patch. Yes having the Heuer patch did influence Steve into choosing a Heuer watch, specifically the Monaco. But if the Omega Speedmaster was truly what Steve wanted to wear, they could've simply removed or replaced the Heuer patch, as they did with the Marlboro patch.
So I don't feel it's right to say the Monaco was picked only after the Omega was discounted. In reading the book, it was more like working through a process that led to Steve choosing the Monaco over all the rest.
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I dunno what to tell you, if Jeff is linking me to FALSE information what am I supposed to believe.
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·Wow, 'quality' films these...
Not the greatest films to be sure, but as @Anthony.R mentioned she really was good in the first season of The White Lotus.
And even in those 'quality' films she has a certain self-awareness that's fun to watch, that's missing from a lot of these things.
@Mspeedster careful though, her dad was some sorta bigwig in the NYPD for a while 😁
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Jeff Stein
·Back to Steve McQueen -- If he wanted to look like a racer (and specifically Jo Siffert), then he needed the Heuer patch on his racing suit (and a Heuer chronograph on his wrist) . . . I can't think of any racers who wore Speedmasters or had the Omega patch on their racing suits, but by this time the Heuer chronographs were very popular among racers -- Andretti, Siffert, Bell, Rindt, Foyt and many more.
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I dunno what to tell you, if Jeff is linking me to FALSE information what am I supposed to believe.
You know how each time a person tells a story to another person and then that person retells it to another, minor details get changed until it's no longer the same story. I'm guessing this might be why Jack Heuer's version is quite different from what's in Don Nunley's book.
According to Don's book, it was actually "Marlboro" or cigarettes that Steve didn't want to be linked to, rather than Omega.
The paragraphs above preceded the part about the watch selection. Taken together, it tells the story of how the entire look of Steve's character Michael Delaney came together. My take when reading the book is that since Steve liked the Heuer patch, a Heuer watch should've been a no brainer. The blue of the Monaco being a great match for both the blue helmet Steve chose and his eyes.
(Edit: To avoid any confusion, the above is my pic of my watch, it is not from Don Nunley's book.)
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·A few more from the new campaign. 😀
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·Yes the article does differ slightly from what's written in the book. Keep in mind it's the author of the article, Chris Malburg, that said Don said that; so it's a second hand retelling.
You know how each time a person tells a story to another person and then that person retells it to another, minor details get changed until it's no longer the same story. I'm guessing this might be why Jack Heuer's version is quite different from what's in Don Nunley's book.
According to Don's book, it was actually "Marlboro" or cigarettes that Steve didn't want to be linked to, rather than Omega.
The paragraphs above preceded the part about the watch selection. Taken together, it tells the story of how the entire look of Steve's character Michael Delaney came together. My take when reading the book is that since Steve liked the Heuer patch, a Heuer watch should've been a no brainer. The blue of the Monaco being a great match for both the blue helmet Steve chose and his eyes.
(Edit: To avoid any confusion, the above is my pic of my watch, it is not from Don Nunley's book.)
Regardless of who said what, when and to whom... wearing an Omega on your wrist with Heuer patches on your suit would have been dumb as hell.
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·Regardless of who said what, when and to whom... wearing an Omega on your wrist with Heuer patches on your suit would have been dumb as hell.
The debate is did he not because he was worried they would leverage his image or did he not because it contradicted the branding on his suit.
I tend to put the most faith in Don Nunley's book though, since his is a first hand account. Only Don and Steve know exactly how it all went down.
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·Alexandra with the pink.
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·Not sure McQueen would have worn an outfit like this back in the day.
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·Who is he? And did he get dressed in the dark?
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··TAG Heuer Forums ModeratorThis is the photo they'll dig-up in the future, to say "what was I thinking!?"
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·Who is he? And did he get dressed in the dark?
Jacob Elordi, brand ambassador. Apparently he influences all the kids to buy Monacos nowadays!
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·Those eyes! My favorite ambassador of the current crop, wearing a Carrera of course. 🥰
