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 scenes
and 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 Seagal
is 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 executive
decision of his own. "And he came up and he Tae Kwon Do-ed my ass
against a brick wall. He's 6 foot 5 and caught me off guard and
knocked all the air out of me. I was like, why? Why?" Then there's The Glimmer Man, where the script
calls for Seagal's character to kill a serial murderer, played by legendary character actor
Stephen Tobolowsky. "Am I right, or am I right, or am I right,
right, right, right?" Seagal decided he didn't want to kill so many
people in movies anymore, and even tried convincing Tobolowsky that his serial killer character
should 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 improvised
lines about how he sure was glad he didn't kill that guy in the church. The film's director called Tobolowsky in to
record some extra dialogue to make it seem like his character's on-screen death was a
little less permanent. What'd he settle on? "I ended up shouting out 'Finish me off you son
of a... Come on! Don't leave me like this! Kill me!" Breaking Bond Steven Seagal has done quite a bit of fight
choreography. According to IMDb, most of the films he's
choreographed are his own, but in the early '80s, Seagal worked on the James Bond film
Never Say Never Again, having been brought onboard to teach Sean Connery some aikido. Meanwhile, Connery was already well-versed
in karate, having been awarded an honorary third-degree black belt while preparing for
1967's You Only Live Twice. Connery explained what went down when the
pair worked together in an interview on Jay Leno's Tonight Show in 1996: "I got a little cocky, because I thought I
knew 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 did
that and he broke my wrist." "Wow" Martial arts master...lousy fighter? "I have something in my pocket right now that'll
completely clear up that bruise on your forehead." "What bruise?" "That bruise." There's no denying that Steven Seagal is an
accomplished martial artist. He's a legit seventh dan in aikido, a martial
art that relies on joint locks and the redirection of momentum. He was even the first American to teach aikido
in Japan. But more than a few fighters think that aikido
is actually kinda worthless when it comes to self-defense. Fight analyst Jack Slack says that aikido
only works if your "opponent is running straight at you," something most smart fighters never
actually do. UFC commentator and fighting fan Joe Rogan
adds that aikido "would never work against a trained fighter, never, not in a million
years." Mafia target Steven Seagal has battled all sorts of bad
guys on the silver screen, from terrorists to the yakuza. But Seagal has also faced some scary villains
in 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 working
with 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 the
gangsters over half a million bucks. The scandal came to light in 2003, and Nasso
was 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 Forces
guy or something?" "I'm just a cook." "A cook?" Anyway, Seagal actually served as a cop in
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, for about 20 years. Then, in 2009, Seagal took things to the next
level by starring in a reality show called Steven Seagal: Lawman. In the third season, Seagal teamed up with
the controversial Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona. In 2011, Arpaio orchestrated a raid against
Jesus Llovera, a local man suspected of cockfighting. But when the cops showed up, they had a lot
more than just a warrant. There were up to 40 SWAT officers, a bomb
squad, K-9 units, and even armored vehicles. "We hope to take the suspect and anybody else
who is inside the house by surprise." And what could be more surprising than the
police tanks that tore down the gates to Llovera's property? Or the damage done to parts of his house during
the raid? This peacock had no idea what to expect. Llovera eventually pled guilty to cockfighting. And the 115 roosters that he kept at his house
were saved, right? Wrong. Apparently the police actually euthanized
them 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 lots
of chickens. The dude also plays the guitar in a blues
band: (playing guitar) And sometimes, he does...well, whatever this
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