Steven Seagal is something else. If you got a long drive coming up, I suggest searching out The Dollop podcast's episodes on him, they do almost 6 hours on his bonkers life, it's fascinating and terrible at the same time. Like a big fat train derailment full of lies and sexual assault.
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Posts: 17170 | Location: Washington State | Registered: April 04, 2003
I just love the breadth and range of the characters he plays. Like in one movie he's an assuming guy who beats up a bunch of bad guys then in another movie, he's a different unassuming guy who beats up a different bunch of bad guys.
And like in one scene, he breaks a guy's arm in three places then in another scene, he breaks a guy's leg in three different places. How does he come up with all of these different actions?!?
I heard he's an asshole. I used to like watching his movies; the last one I saw was when he was an unassuming ship's cook and fought a bunch of bad guys who took over a navy ship and it's nuclear arsenal.
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Posts: 20379 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011
A coworker was watching a review of Mr Seagal's latest police drama/action show. And how most of the show Seagal is sitting behind a desk or talking through out the side of the truck he is in. All in an effort to hide that he has put on the pounds and you might not notice when the stunt double is doing the action scenes. Only two good movies he was in was Under Siege, and Executive Decision. And the later movie he has less than 5 minutes of screen time and goes out like a punk.
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Posts: 25075 | Location: NoVa | Registered: May 06, 2003
Claimed he studied with Bruce Lee but the timeline doesn't add up. Implied he was some sort of special operations guy.
I did read from multiple people that he said he couldn't be choked out so Judo Gene Labell took him up on that, choked him out and he ended up peeing on himself.
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Originally posted by IrishWind: A coworker was watching a review of Mr Seagal's latest police drama/action show. And how most of the show Seagal is sitting behind a desk or talking through out the side of the truck he is in. All in an effort to hide that he has put on the pounds and you might not notice when the stunt double is doing the action scenes.
There's a "fight" scene where he sits in the chair the entire time and slaps hands with the bad guy. LOL
There's a long and funny story about how tons-o-fun when he didn't have enough arm for a tattoo got the ever-lovin-snot knocked out of him in a Chicago Police Gym (35th & Normal) a few times when he came to Chicago to film "Above the Law".
Seems that Mr Seagal fell asleep a few times in the ring.
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Originally posted by Rey HRH: I just love the breadth and range of the characters he plays.
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Posts: 17695 | Location: Texas | Registered: May 13, 2003
Don’t know anything really about Seagal and don’t really care. I will say he always sounds like an idiot and that kid “reporter” seemed to be trying to get in his space constantly. Like he was praying for exactly what happened to happen. Lots of expressions come to mind. Don’t fuck with crazy being one of them.
Posts: 7541 | Location: Florida | Registered: June 18, 2005
I know a couple of guys who did security for him....and they all said he epitomizes all the stereotypes of a narcissistic former action actor. Seagal loved the fact that he had former SOF operators as part of his security detail, they got out after their initial contract was up.
He used to wander around SHOT show, gracing exhibitors with his presence...meanwhile wisecracks about Chief Ryback's boulibase were shouted all around him
Posts: 15315 | Location: Wine Country | Registered: September 20, 2000
I remember Bambi taught me: if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. With that in mind, I can definitely say that i still like watching Under Siege and Glimmer Man…and that is all I have to say.
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Posts: 2481 | Location: OH | Registered: March 03, 2009
Originally posted by Edmond: I have never heard anything good about the guy.
Claimed he studied with Bruce Lee but the timeline doesn't add up. Implied he was some sort of special operations guy.
I did read from multiple people that he said he couldn't be choked out so Judo Gene Labell took him up on that, choked him out and he ended up peeing on himself.
The Gene LeBell story is true, he has confirmed it. And Seagal didn't piss his pants, he shitted his prior dinner out. All for talking shit on the set of a movie.
As far as Bruce Lee, Seagal was talking shit about him and Chuck Norris and American karate, and posting pieces in Black Belt Magazine that he could fight to the death anybody up for the challenge. Bob Wall, renown karate pioneer and best friends with Lee and Norris, decided to take up the challenge, along with others, all calling themselves "The Dirty Dozen". Needless to say, Seagal never took them on.
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Posts: 17695 | Location: Texas | Registered: May 13, 2003
I liked his late 80s/early 90s movies like Hard to Kill, Marked For Death, Under Siege, etc. No, they weren't high art like The English Patient, just popcorn flicks at the half price matinee.This message has been edited. Last edited by: egregore,
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