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Originally Posted by Wolfcastle

I've been coming across a few stories lately about celebreties getting involved in fights etc offscreen. Just wondering if anyone had any funny or interesting stories I may not have heard.


* Jean Claude Van Damme: There's plenty I'm sure. I heard some story about him overdoing his fight scenes and apparently kicking stunt men waaaaaay harder than he is supposed to and also, mysteriously eye gouged some guy during a fight scene on Cyborg. I heard a rumour that he was also knocked out by Chuck Zito in a night club.

Apparently he has fought his wife a few times too. I assume he won.


* Steven Seagal: More again I'm sure. He was getting overly rough with stunt men on Marked for Death and Gene LeBell (one of the stunt men) challenged him off screen. They squared off and LeBell whacked a rear naked choke on him and choked him unconscious.

* Brandon Lee: Not sure when this was, but some guy broke into Brandon Lee's house. Lee (an avid JKD, Muay Thai and shootwrestler) came home and found this guy in his house and a fight started. They squared off in the living room and the guy ended up pulling a knife and then Lee dislocated the guys shoulder and broke his jaw. The fight finished on the front lawn and the police arrived and by this time Lee had disarmed him but was now holding the knife. Cops pulled their guns and pointed them at him. Lee shit and threw the knife away yelling the first thing that came into his head, "I'm the good guy! I'm the good guy!". The cops arrested the guy, who had no idea who he had just fought with.

* Oliver Reed: Apparently got into a bar fight back in 1963, ended up getting 36 stitches in his face for his troubles.He died of a heart attack in a bar after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling. His bar bill for that final lunch time totaled 270 Maltese lira, almost £450.

I just got done with Ollie Reeds biography and he was the king of drunken nonsense .... I recommend reading it.... also Led Zeppelins hijinks on tour in 'Hammer of the Gods' raises a few eyebrows