He was given speed in the military and moved on from there. Sad that the government thinks weed is more dangerous then coke. Thanks for the comment, phildazz. I'm glad you're trying to be fair with your treatment of Seagal. Anyway, this article is not simply based on what people think of Seagal. To a certain extent at least, his actions were described with - I hope - some degree of accuracy. I didn't vote cause I usually judge someone's actions and not what's said about the person.
However, I did wonder why he fell from grace and your Hub comes with some pretty good insight. Thanks for the comment, GuitarGear. Every occupation has its share of jerks. As for rock guitarists, Ted Nugent and Gene Simmons are not the most likeable guys around. I think Seagal is a big "Galoot". I didn't vote because it's hard to crown the "Biggest Jerk" since there are so many of them in Hollywood.
He may not be the king of the jerks but is definitely jerk royalty. Ha, ha. I can't believe the way people give movie stars credibility off screen just because they Not including Seagal have some acting skills and are good looking. In the world of movie stars the lights are extremely bright but the intellectual residence are curiously absent. Thanks for the comment, J Red Horse.
Few people seem to like Steven Seagal. And you say he has bad breath - OMG! He really is a creep. First off Matthew McConaughey is a gaint ass, can't stand his movies, well except his role in Reign of fire as the Dragon slayer As for Seagal, I've personally met him and he is an ass, he talks at people not with them, he always seems like he would rather be somewhere else and his breath was the worst I think I've smelled in my whole life.
Thanks for the comment, natures47friend. I think Seagal needs to take a class or two on sensitivity. I like watching his movies when I feel angry..
Yeah, leann, Steven Seagal is an easy guy to dislike, but please don't hate him. It's not healthy. Thanks for the report, vmartinezwilson! It's hard to like Seagal.
His nose is so high in the air, you'd think he was snorting blow. I've watched his reality tv show a couple of time, but had to stop. He really is a jerk and they can't hide that, not even on a show dedicated to him, what he loves and supposedly to make him look like a good guy. It's one of the oddest things.
Hello, carol3san! I wouldn't advise anyone to crucify anyone else - literally or figuratively. You may have noticed that my article is not an editorial. I tried to maintain journalistic objectivity. Nevertheless, my personal opinion is that Seagal is an inconsiderate, egotistical person. Be that as it may, as you said, there are many such folks in Hollywood.
Hey, Immartin, I guess you don't see lots of action-adventure movies. Steven Seagal has been in many of those, but these days his movies are much harder to find! Thanks for the comment. I liked his movies and was surprised to see him show up on TV. He may have some problems now, but I'm not ready to crucerfy him for it because there are too many other actors in and out of Hollywood that seems to behave terrible sometimes I started to name names but I will resist the temptation.
It's really interesting and entertaining finding out about the many jerks in Hollywood. It's about time somebody did a top ten list, don't you think? Well, I guess I'll have to do it. It is kind of disappointing to find out such a crap about your favorite actor. I better not know about they personal life and just enjoy the film. However, I also know for a fact that Matthew McConaughey is a jerk. A friend of a friend of mine used to work for a local restaurant down in Texas.
Apparently he worked at one of those fancy restaurants that you had to have a reservation for in order to get into.
Anyway, Matthew McConaughey walks in out of nowhere, and sits at a table without a reservation, and without even so much as bothering to check with the host, while the place was busy. Anyway, this friend of a friend approaches Mr. McConaughey to say that he can't sit down ahead of everyone else without a reservation. And Matthew said, and I quote:. You're not allowed to sit down without a reservation.
Of course, since it was Matthew McConaughey, the poor guy got written up for the incident, even though he was merely doing his job, and Matthew got a free meal out of the whole thing. Can you believe that? Your impressed that I can spell Schwarzenneger?!? Is that a joke? If so, then I don't get it. Thanks for the comment, RealHousewife. I also will not watch a movie if Seagal is in it. Richard Gere is another one I always avoid. Thanks for the comment, Ralph Deeds. I greatly prefer Gibson and Sheen to Steven Seagal.
Matters were only made worse during a training session when Seagal, who was the fight choreographer, accidentally broke Connery's wrist. Don't feel too bad for Connery, as he revealed during a appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno that he didn't know his wrist was broken until over a decade after the fact.
I think I feel worse for Seagal after this one. Well, that wasn't the first time the two polarizing figures teamed up for something that resulted in a great deal of controversy. No, that honor goes to the time in Seagal and Arpaio drove a tank into a house belonging to a man suspected of being part of a cock-fighting ring.
The lawsuit, however, was dismissed in after the victim failed to file the proper paperwork. So those are enough Steven Seagal facts to spinkick you in the face. Did I forget your favorite Steven Seagal fact?
Let me know in the comments. Philip grew up in Louisiana not New Orleans before moving to St. Louis after graduating from Louisiana State University-Shreveport. When he's not writing about movies or television, Philip can be found being chased by his three kids, telling his dogs to stop yelling at the mailman, or yelling about professional wrestling to his wife. If the stars properly align, he will talk about For Love Of The Game being the best baseball movie of all time.
More films followed, including hits like Hard to Kill and Under Siege. Yet by the late s, Seagal's career as a big-screen action hero had taken a decidedly downhill trajectory that never recaptured the box office success of his earlier films. The years that followed saw Seagal dogged by controversy, from his buddy-buddy friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to numerous accusations of sexual misconduct to a shady cryptocurrency scheme.
Meanwhile, stories of bizarre behavior became increasingly widespread, and many celebrities were happy to share cringe-inducing anecdotes depicting Seagal as, well, kind of an obnoxious, self-important jerk. Let's find out which celebs can't stand Steven Seagal. For actor John Leguizamo, an ugly on-set encounter with Steven Seagal not only generated an oft-told anecdote, but became part of his one-man Broadway show, Ghetto Clown.
In an interview with AV Club , Leguizamo recalled showing up on the first day of rehearsals for the thriller, Executive Decision , only to witness Seagal allegedly declare to his co-stars, "I'm in command.
What I say is law. Leguizamo found that hilarious. I dropped to the ground, and all I could say was, [gasping] 'Why? Seagal caught wind of Leguizamo's mockery, per the Observer , and supposedly threatened to punch out Leguizamo if he ever encountered him on a red carpet. Wondering how a "working-class dude" who started out as a martial arts trainer had "become such a putz," he added, "How'd you become such an egomaniacal diva? Steven Seagal hosted Saturday Night Live back in , but remains notorious among the annals of SNL as arguably the most disliked host ever.
In the backstage oral history Live From New York , then-cast member Tim Meadows claimed that Seagal "would complain about jokes that he didn't get," which happened a lot because he apparently "just wasn't funny. Cast member Julia Sweeney offered a similar recollection to HuffPost , remembering Seagal as being "so horrible on such a scale, it was such a huge scale of terribleness that it was undeniable by anyone who was there.
SNL exec producer Lorne Michaels was also no fan. In a SNL sketch , host Nicolas Cage makes a series of faux pas and worries that viewers must think he's "the biggest jerk who's ever been on the show!
That would be Steven Seagal. Early in her career, thenyear-old actress Julianna Margulies was told by a casting director that Steven Seagal wanted her to join him to rehearse a scene for a callback the next day. It would take place "in his hotel room at 10 o'clock at night," as she recalled in an interview with SiriusXM's Jenny Hutt. Margulies described what happened next in an interview with the Next Question with Katie Couric podcast. He then shoves a defenseless man out of the window to his death.
We never check back in on that guy, although we can hear him shouting in pained outrage for most of the finale. It is during this final showdown that Seagal throws his first actual kick, right around the minute mark. He front kicks a defenseless man so hard that he flies against a brick wall and dies instantly.
Finally, blessedly, mercifully , it is time for the ultimate battle between Steven Seagal and William Forsythe. But this is Out for Justice , you unbelievable jerks, which means Seagal is an invincible badass even though he appears to be less mobile than a year-old pro wrestler. We get a final farewell shot of Seagal's beret as he beats the living shit out of the guy who threw the puppy into the street at the beginning of the movie before the end credits roll over a montage of unused footage.
These are not outtakes, mind you — they are extended versions of scenes we already saw. Somehow, Out for Justice managed to be a modest box office success despite being an embarrassing monument to the ego of a legendary douchebag. That said, it was kind of the beginning of the end for Seagal as a major star, even though his biggest hit, Under Siege , was yet to come.
Furthermore, his legendarily awful appearance on Saturday Night Live , in which he treated the cast so horribly that Lorne Michaels banned him from ever hosting the show again, was in promotion of this film. Out for Justice was effectively the perfect showcase for Steven Seagal — a terrible actor who does boring action sequences and mistreats everyone around him to the tune of disappointing box office receipts.
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