“To say that Charles Bronson was a “bad ass” would be an understatement.”
No kidding. I recently recommended “Hard Times” to some young relatives who are sick of today’s soy boys. Bronson was 54 years old when the film was made.
Bronson WWII Vet from a Pennsylvania anthracite mining (and yes he was a miner - “$1 per ton”) family of Lipka Tartar ethnicity.
You wonder why there’s such a difference in today’s actors and the past ones.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bronson
Lipka Tartars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipka_Tatars