5. Steven Seagal Attacked John Leguizamo - Executive Decision
Steven Seagal isn't know for his, uh, "normalness," but that still doesn't explain his absurd behaviour on the set of '90s action flick Executive Decision, which also featured Kurt Russell Halle Berry, and John Leguizamo. Leguizamo was the one who found himself on the tail end of some rather odd bullying tactics on Segal's part. As Leguizamo tells it, then:
We were in rehearsals for Executive Decision. Im playing his Master Sargeant and we come in for rehearsals and he says, Im in command. Everything I say is law. Anybody doesnt agree? I was like, Bwahahaha. I started cracking up because he sounded like a retard and he came up and he Taekwondoed my ass against the brick and he ."
Seriously. This happened.
Hes six-foot-five and he caught me off guard and knocked all of the air out of me and I was like, Why?! Why?! I really wanted to say how big and fat he was and that he runs like a girl, but I didnt because all I could say was, Why?! Whyd he slam me against the wall? We were rehearsing. Whats the bid deal?"
Seagal, of course, is somewhat renowned for his bullying approach to movie-making, and has been caught up in a number of incidents of a similar nature. Poor John Leguizamo!
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
