8 Big Movie Stars That Started As Background Extras
6. John Leguizamo - Die Hard 2/Out for Justice
It's a two for one special for actor John Leguizamo. Back before he broke through with films like Ice Age, Carlito's Way and Super Mario Bros. Leguizamo was a stand-up comic and jobbing actor taking small roles whenever they came up. One of his earliest appearances saw him as a henchman named Burke in Die Hard 2. He appears in a few scenes and even gets a small line, and he has the distinct honour of being killed by John McClane himself. He also made a blink and you'll miss it appearance in the Steven Seagal film Out for Justice, in the crucial role of "Boy in Alley." He plays a drug dealer in a montage sequence midway through the film who comes to a bad end at the hands of the main villain. Apparently his part was a little bigger but was reduced to almost nothing in the final cut to tighten the pace. Leguizamo didnt meet Seagal in this one but they worked together years later in Executive Decision, where he was pushed into a brick wall during rehearsals for daring to laugh at the Seagals tough guy posing. Apparently Seagal has since threatened to beat him up again for revealing this story, but given Seagals ever expanding girth all Leguizamo has to do is retreat to a narrow doorway and he should be safe.
