in 1992, steven seagal starred in under siege,an action flick that grossed over $150 million worldwide. eleven years later, he starred in the foreigner,a movie with a 0% rating on rotten tomatoes. basically, this guy has come a long way — down— since the 1990s. but in addition to his messy movie career,seagal has been involved in a long string of weird incidents both behind the scenesand off the set entirely. while his career is often derided by critics,there's no denying seagal lives one wild life. steve, the on-set diva according to multiple actors, steven seagalis an incredibly difficult coworker.
john leguizamo found out the hard way. while in rehearsals for executive decision,leguizamo laughed at something seagal had said — so steven responded with an executivedecision of his own. "and he came up and he tae kwon do-ed my assagainst a brick wall. he's 6 foot 5 and caught me off guard andknocked all the air out of me. i was like, why? why?" then there's the glimmer man, where the scriptcalls for seagal's character to kill a serial murderer, played by legendary character actorstephen tobolowsky.
"am i right, or am i right, or am i right,right, right, right?" seagal decided he didn't want to kill so manypeople in movies anymore, and even tried convincing tobolowsky that his serial killer charactershould live. the scene was eventually filmed as-written,and tobolowsky's murderer met his maker. "my entire chest explodes like my heart explodes. like blood flies out of the camera. and i fall out of frame, and smoke rises." of course, as filming progressed, seagal improvisedlines about how he sure was glad he didn't kill that guy in the church.
the film's director called tobolowsky in torecord some extra dialogue to make it seem like his character's on-screen death was alittle less permanent. what'd he settle on? "i ended up shouting out 'finish me off you sonof a... come on! don't leave me like this! kill me!" breaking bond steven seagal has done quite a bit of fightchoreography.
according to imdb, most of the films he'schoreographed are his own, but in the early '80s, seagal worked on the james bond filmnever say never again, having been brought onboard to teach sean connery some aikido. meanwhile, connery was already well-versedin karate, having been awarded an honorary third-degree black belt while preparing for1967's you only live twice. connery explained what went down when thepair worked together in an interview on jay leno's tonight show in 1996: "i got a little cocky, because i thought iknew what i was doing. because you know the principle is it's defense, so it's a pyramid.
and then i go a little bit fast and i didthat and he broke my wrist." "wow" martial arts master...lousy fighter? "i have something in my pocket right now that'llcompletely clear up that bruise on your forehead." "what bruise?" "that bruise." there's no denying that steven seagal is anaccomplished martial artist. he's a legit seventh dan in aikido, a martialart that relies on joint locks and the redirection of momentum.
he was even the first american to teach aikidoin japan. but more than a few fighters think that aikidois actually kinda worthless when it comes to self-defense. fight analyst jack slack says that aikidoonly works if your "opponent is running straight at you," something most smart fighters neveractually do. ufc commentator and fighting fan joe roganadds that aikido "would never work against a trained fighter, never, not in a millionyears." mafia target steven seagal has battled all sorts of badguys on the silver screen, from terrorists
to the yakuza. but seagal has also faced some scary villainsin real life — namely the mafia. according to a new york times story from 2002,seagal was once brought before a gambino crime family captain named anthony "sonny" ciccone. the mob boss ordered him to start workingwith producer julius r. nasso, with whom he'd had a successful working relationship in the'90s before the two had a falling out. seagal was so freaked out that he gave thegangsters over half a million bucks. the scandal came to light in 2003, and nassowas sentenced to one year in federal prison. seagal's insane raid
if you couldn't tell from his filmography,steven seagal is fascinated with law enforcement. well, with the exception under siege. "are you like some special forcesguy or something?" "i'm just a cook." "a cook?" anyway, seagal actually served as a cop injefferson parish, louisiana, for about 20 years. then, in 2009, seagal took things to the nextlevel by starring in a reality show called steven seagal: lawman.
in the third season, seagal teamed up withthe controversial sheriff joe arpaio of maricopa county in arizona. in 2011, arpaio orchestrated a raid againstjesus llovera, a local man suspected of cockfighting. but when the cops showed up, they had a lotmore than just a warrant. there were up to 40 swat officers, a bombsquad, k-9 units, and even armored vehicles. "we hope to take the suspect and anybody elsewho is inside the house by surprise." and what could be more surprising than thepolice tanks that tore down the gates to llovera's property? or the damage done to parts of his house duringthe raid?
this peacock had no idea what to expect. llovera eventually pled guilty to cockfighting. and the 115 roosters that he kept at his housewere saved, right? wrong. apparently the police actually euthanizedthem all. so that's...something. sweet moves, steven with a career as varied as steven seagal's,it's important to remember that he's not just about punching, kicking, and killing lotsof chickens.
the dude also plays the guitar in a bluesband: (playing guitar) and sometimes, he does...well, whatever thisis: thanks for watching! click the grunge icon to subscribe to ouryoutube channel. plus check out all this cool stuff we knowyou'll love, too!
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