Iīd say Bruce either didnīt notice, or ignored it, or was just being polite and left it as is....
No need to make a fuzz about it, donīt you agree?
To proof Berton didnīt mix up Coburn with Lee Marvin, hereīs the transscript from the interview:
PB: Of all your students famous -- James Garner, Steve McQueen, Lee Marvin, James
Coburn, Roman Polanski -- which was the best? Who adapted best to this Oriental form
of exercise and defense?
BL: Well, depending, o.k.? Now, as a fighter, Steve McQueen....now, he is good in that
department, because that son of a gun got the toughness in him, you know?
PB: Yeah, Iīve seen it on the screen.
BL: I mean, he would say, All right, baby, here I am, man., you know. And heīll do it!
Now, James Coburn is a peace-loving man.
PB: Yeah, I met him.
BL: Right. I mean, you met him. I mean, heīs really, really nice. I mean, super mellow and all
that! You know what I mean? Now, he appreciates the philosophical part of it, therefore
his understanding of it is deeper than Steveīs. So itīs really hard to say. You see what Iīm
saying now? I mean, itīs different, I mean, depending on what you see in it.
Best,
Michael
