Steven Seagal

Morris Chestnut Says Steven Seagal Is 'Wrong' For Fighting So Hard On Stunts

January 12th, 2010 8:34am



Actor Morris Chestnut has hit out at Hollywood action star Steven Seagal for refusing to hold back in movie fight scenes and unintentionally beating up his co-stars.

The star, 41, appeared alongside Seagal in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory in 1995 and recalls how adamant the veteran actor was about fighting for real to make the scenes more believable.

But Chestnut, who recently landed a role on sci-fi TV show V, was surprised at how hard Seagal would strike his movie opponent, insisting he was "wrong" for using all his strength for stunts.

He tells Sister 2 Sister magazine, "He doesn't hold back. I was talking to one of my stunt co-ordinators for V the other day. He doesn't hold back and he really goes at it with the people he's fighting against, which is wrong. You're not really supposed to do that."

But Chestnutt understands why few people have failed to confront Seagal about his roughness on set.

He says, "What happens is when he's on the set he's the star of the movie. So, if you're a stunt man trying to make a living, you're really not going to complain because, number one, you're working, and two, you're working on a Steven Seagal movie. So that kind of helps you get your next job. (But) he really would go after those stunt cats."

RTL 7 komt dit voorjaar met de reality- serie ‘Steven Seagal Lawman’, waarin acteur Steven Seagal (57) gevolgd wordt tijdens zijn werk als politieagent in de Amerikaanse staat Louisiana. Naast dat hij hoofdrollen speelt in films als Out for Justice en Under Siege, is Seagal namelijk ook al twintig jaar politieman. Nog niet eerder ging een programma op het Amerikaanse kabelnetwerk A&E zo goed van start als de serie met Seagal. Op 2 december 2009 trok de première-aflevering ruim 3,4 miljoen kijkers

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