The Question
Which Death Wish hero is this? The four options are Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, and Steve McQueen. Study the face, lock in your answer, and then keep reading to see if you got it right.
The Correct Answer
The correct answer is C: Charles Bronson. Bronson played Paul Kersey, a mild-mannered architect who becomes a vigilante after a brutal attack on his family in Death Wish (1974) and its sequels. The role turned him into one of the defining action stars of the 1970s.
The Behind-the-Scenes Secret
Before he became a global box office force, Bronson grew up in a poor coal-mining family in Pennsylvania. He was the eleventh of fifteen children, and as a teenager he worked in the mines himself. That hard-scrabble start helps explain the rugged, no-nonsense screen presence that made him a legend.
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