If you are talking about Steven Seagal, then the answer is NO: he was worse than that. Now don't get me wrong, but I had the chance to work with guys waaaay bigger than him and they all acted just like normal guys you can find out in the street. . But this guy, Steven ....... his behavior was way beyond the power of my comprehension.
Michael Keusch is one of the nicest guys I have ever met.
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A few examples of how Steven is: - I have been around this guy for about 15 days and not able to take one single picture of me and him together. Why? Because he is surrounded by guards every minute of the day (I mean really 24/7!!) like he is some kind of God. I got the great opportunity to wok with guy one zillion time better than this guy (for example: Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Roth, Lance Henriksen, Matt Damon all of them with some Oscar award won and nominated for another awards fot so many, many times) and these guys had absolutely no security around them: you were free to go and talk to them anytime they had a break. And those guys who surrounded Seagal were filled with guns (in every pocket there was a pistol, a knife or who the hell know what) like Seagal was the president of the U.S. - You are not allowed to smoke on a 50 meter radius around Seagal. - One day he comes on set 3 hours late (!!!) and he goes: "Ok, what do we shoot today?". And the whole crew was like Jesus, the guy is the main character in this movie and also one of the producers and he has no idea what he is supposed to do??? So, after he was told what we were supposed to shoot that day, Seagal goes: "Oh, I don't feel ready to shoot that. Let's shoot this part....". The set and the crew were ready to shoot what was on schedule, everybody and everything was ready and because of these guy, we all had to move to a different set, to do the set dressing and to bring and to install all the equipment that was needed.
One hell of a guy, right ?
How did I get into films ? This happened about 4 - 5 years ago. I started out like one of the guys in the audience on all kind of TV shows. Then I got into the movie business just like any other background extra and then ...... you can find my filmgraphy here on imdb !
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First of all, thank you very much for your post. And then no, I had absolutely no problem smoking quite a lot of cigarettes on Jean-Claude's set. I even had the privilege to have a few smokes with Jean-claude himself, cigarettes which were all from my packs! Jean-Claude is an absolutely great guy, believe me!
Thanks for your wishes and have a good and profitable 2009 !
First of all, I would like to tell you how sorry I am for getting back at you after such a long time. I completely forgot to check for new posts here on this site. Then I want to wish you a Happy New Year and hope your hollidays rocked.
Now, let's get back to business, to say so ...
As for your first question, I really had no idea how the director (which is a really nice guy, by the way) got along with Seagal. I mean, I have witnessed no fightings between them and no dirty words were addressed from either one of them.
Now your second question ... "Attack Force" is definitely one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my entire life: awful story, awful acting for a number of actors here and there and what makes this movie a real piece of garbage, is continuity: if you could just pay close attention to the make-up all along the movie, then you would definitely say: "Is there at least one tiny little bit of continuity in this whole mess?". The perfect example: the final fight of the movie (Seagal vs. Ileana Lazariuc). At some time a big scar (caused by Seagal) appears somehow between her boobs. Just look at that finale fight in the movie and it's impossible not to see that scar which is huge and bloody. And from that moment on take a very close look at that scar to see how it changes (in different shots): one time it start from the left shoulder, another time is starts from the right shoulder and it goes on like this the whole fight. And I am not talking here about a tiny little bit of blood drop, it's a huuuge scar, man. Maybe it sounds like a comedy movie what I am talking about here, but just look very careful at least at this final fight. As for "Shadow Man", it looks better than this "Attack Force" piece of junk. I mean, the story is more realistic and the actio is watchable. From a scale from 1 to 10, I will rate this one somewhere between 4 and 5. You can clearly see in both movies Seagal's stuntdouble face in a numerous scenes. Which sucks big time.
For someone who doesn't know how I look like, I guess it's pretty difficult to spot my face in either one of these two movies. I am one hell of an actor, right? This is why I am gonna tell you a few times when you could spot me in both of these movies... -> "Attack Force": my most clear appearance in this one is when a guy in kind of a woodland camouflage steps down a big stairs and I appear from his right hand side and fire a few rounds at him; then you can see me standing at a table with this guy (we were both wearing suits), we get up (I put my jacket on a stand against a wall) and go to the the weaponry to pick up our battle uniforms and guns; after these particular moments, you can see me here and there as the movie goes on; -> "Shadow Man": exactly at the beginning of the movie, there is a guy wearing a white surgical coat who climbs down some stairs and keeps a cage with a few white mice in his right hand. Guess who that a**hole is? And then there are a few moments when you can see me inside that strange laboratory: one time I am typing at a computer and then you can clearly see me when the laboratory's doors shut and the room gets filled with smoke and we all struggle to escape.
I hope I was precise enough in my answers. Once again, I am so sorry for replying so late. If you still have questions to ask or need additional information, please feel free to get back at me at anytime. You can also write on my personal e-mail address, which is the same as my username here at yahoo dot com.
Glad you liked my pics. As for my acting career, it come to an end about two years ago - because of the economic dowturn they hardly make a two or three movies a year in my country.