New Seagal interview!
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I don't know if this has been posted. I just got my power on that we lost from the Hurricane Ike. we been without power for 2 weeks.
At Tuesday's soon-to-be-infamous Best Buy event, the stars aligned and the skies opened up and I was magically able to get five minutes with the incredibly polite Steven Seagal, martial arts master and king of the postmortem one-liner. (David Caruso learned everything he knew from this guy.) The Under Siege star was taciturn about some things -- like how he's fallen out with producers of some of his recent movies over changes -- but more forthcoming about his burgeoning comedy career. But enough of me and my poor interviewing skills -- let's get the facts straight from the man himself.
Kill Switch comes out on October 7. Even though it won't have a theatrical release, do you still celebrate when one of your movies comes out on DVD?
Many of the movies that had certain people attached -- I don't know the titles -- I've never seen the movie and will never see the movie, just because I resent what they did to screw the movie up so much. But those people are no longer around from Ruslan on, so maybe from Ruslan on I think I can maybe have a little more celebratory attitude.
In Ruslan, you play a Russian crime novelist -- did you work with a coach to pin down the accent, or learn any Russian?
No, I grew up in a Russian family, with my grandparents speaking Russian all the time, so I just tried to go with that.
Before your role in The Onion Movie came about, I don't think a lot of people realized you had that kind of sense of humor about yourself. Ever think about doing a comedy?
I may not think of my self as a thespian, or someone who's really adept at acting -- I've studied acting, and I've tried to do the best job I can do, with all of its vascillations -- but comedy is just another form in the great pantheon of all the different types of acting we actors are supposed to do. Conversely, I do have a sense of humor, and I do enjoy trying to be funny. I guess time will tell whether or not I really am funny, if I get offered enough comedic roles. But I certainly have no aversion to that, and would love to try some more.
What's your next movie after Ruslan?
It's called The Keeper. It's just about a potential hostage situation, where I play the bodyguard to a young girl.
Do you often get a chance to meet your fans in person, at conventions and the like?
I interact with fans every day!
Any scary stories regarding that?
I usually don't have any problems face-to-face with anybody, they're all usually pretty nice.
In Jean Claude Van-Damme's new movie, JCVD, his character sinks into a depression because you keep stealing all of the good roles. Ever gone up against him for a part in a movie?
No.
TAGS: Hard to Kill, Kill Switch, Marked for Death, Martial Arts, Out for Justice, Ruslan, Steven Seagal, The Onion Movie, Under Siege
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/mwop/moviefile/2008/09/steven-seagal-is-hard-to-inter.php
Gabe
At Tuesday's soon-to-be-infamous Best Buy event, the stars aligned and the skies opened up and I was magically able to get five minutes with the incredibly polite Steven Seagal, martial arts master and king of the postmortem one-liner. (David Caruso learned everything he knew from this guy.) The Under Siege star was taciturn about some things -- like how he's fallen out with producers of some of his recent movies over changes -- but more forthcoming about his burgeoning comedy career. But enough of me and my poor interviewing skills -- let's get the facts straight from the man himself.
Kill Switch comes out on October 7. Even though it won't have a theatrical release, do you still celebrate when one of your movies comes out on DVD?
Many of the movies that had certain people attached -- I don't know the titles -- I've never seen the movie and will never see the movie, just because I resent what they did to screw the movie up so much. But those people are no longer around from Ruslan on, so maybe from Ruslan on I think I can maybe have a little more celebratory attitude.
In Ruslan, you play a Russian crime novelist -- did you work with a coach to pin down the accent, or learn any Russian?
No, I grew up in a Russian family, with my grandparents speaking Russian all the time, so I just tried to go with that.
Before your role in The Onion Movie came about, I don't think a lot of people realized you had that kind of sense of humor about yourself. Ever think about doing a comedy?
I may not think of my self as a thespian, or someone who's really adept at acting -- I've studied acting, and I've tried to do the best job I can do, with all of its vascillations -- but comedy is just another form in the great pantheon of all the different types of acting we actors are supposed to do. Conversely, I do have a sense of humor, and I do enjoy trying to be funny. I guess time will tell whether or not I really am funny, if I get offered enough comedic roles. But I certainly have no aversion to that, and would love to try some more.
What's your next movie after Ruslan?
It's called The Keeper. It's just about a potential hostage situation, where I play the bodyguard to a young girl.
Do you often get a chance to meet your fans in person, at conventions and the like?
I interact with fans every day!
Any scary stories regarding that?
I usually don't have any problems face-to-face with anybody, they're all usually pretty nice.
In Jean Claude Van-Damme's new movie, JCVD, his character sinks into a depression because you keep stealing all of the good roles. Ever gone up against him for a part in a movie?
No.
TAGS: Hard to Kill, Kill Switch, Marked for Death, Martial Arts, Out for Justice, Ruslan, Steven Seagal, The Onion Movie, Under Siege
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/mwop/moviefile/2008/09/steven-seagal-is-hard-to-inter.php
Gabe
I don't think he's very happy with Kill Switch, I think one of the reasons he has such a lack of motivation in some movies is due to the people who screw them up so often. Still, he seems positive about Ruslan which is good, for some reason I think we've all been getting a good feeling about Ruslan from the start, even although things point to a bad movie, such as the same director as Kill Switch. Here's hoping.
Mystery Mom
Queen of the Mist
Hmmmm... a thought or six
I decided to compare the two movies to see just WHO "those people are no longer around from Ruslan on, so maybe from Ruslan on I think I can maybe have a little more celebratory attitude."
So I selected certain fairly consistent job titles from the cast lists on IMDB - now I know that IMDB is not the bible of truth but for the moment it is what I have to use for the facts.I hope this copies over from WORD in reasonable format.
Let’s compare the two films Ruslan vs. Kill Switch:
Ruslan: Title: Kill Switch:
Oliver De Caigny associate producer Oliver De Caigny
Phillip B. Goldfine exec. Producer - - - - - -
Joe Halpin co-producer none listed
Scott A. Matthews co-producer none listed
Steven Seagal exec. Producer Steven Seagal
Kirk Shaw producer Kirk Shaw
none listed Producer Lisa M. Hansen
none listed Producer Paul Hertzberg
none listed Producer Lindsay MacAdam
none listed Assoc. producer Shannon McA’Nulty
Tom Harting Cinematography Tom Harting
Jamie Alain Film Editing Jamie Alain
Tony Devenvi production design Eric Fraser
Michele Futerman production Manager Michele Futerman
------------Post-production supv. Charlotte Clark-Gamache
Tom Blacklock Special Effects ---------
---------- Special effects coord. David Barkes
---------- Special effects asst. Colin Decker
----------- Special effects 1st asst. Joel McGowan
----------- Special effects asst Michael Radil
Sabina Pitre first asst. editor Daniel Whetung
Binh Dang creative consultant Binh Dang
sorry this won't format decently for me basically Ruslan is the first name, followed by the job title then the Kill Switch counterpart (------- means there was no one listed in the title in the opposite film). I looked only at those positions that would reflect the final outcome of the movie - those basically responsible for the results. You can see the game playing that goes on with producer titles - draw your own conclusions as to the meaning of "those people".
I decided to compare the two movies to see just WHO "those people are no longer around from Ruslan on, so maybe from Ruslan on I think I can maybe have a little more celebratory attitude."
So I selected certain fairly consistent job titles from the cast lists on IMDB - now I know that IMDB is not the bible of truth but for the moment it is what I have to use for the facts.I hope this copies over from WORD in reasonable format.
Let’s compare the two films Ruslan vs. Kill Switch:
Ruslan: Title: Kill Switch:
Oliver De Caigny associate producer Oliver De Caigny
Phillip B. Goldfine exec. Producer - - - - - -
Joe Halpin co-producer none listed
Scott A. Matthews co-producer none listed
Steven Seagal exec. Producer Steven Seagal
Kirk Shaw producer Kirk Shaw
none listed Producer Lisa M. Hansen
none listed Producer Paul Hertzberg
none listed Producer Lindsay MacAdam
none listed Assoc. producer Shannon McA’Nulty
Tom Harting Cinematography Tom Harting
Jamie Alain Film Editing Jamie Alain
Tony Devenvi production design Eric Fraser
Michele Futerman production Manager Michele Futerman
------------Post-production supv. Charlotte Clark-Gamache
Tom Blacklock Special Effects ---------
---------- Special effects coord. David Barkes
---------- Special effects asst. Colin Decker
----------- Special effects 1st asst. Joel McGowan
----------- Special effects asst Michael Radil
Sabina Pitre first asst. editor Daniel Whetung
Binh Dang creative consultant Binh Dang
sorry this won't format decently for me basically Ruslan is the first name, followed by the job title then the Kill Switch counterpart (------- means there was no one listed in the title in the opposite film). I looked only at those positions that would reflect the final outcome of the movie - those basically responsible for the results. You can see the game playing that goes on with producer titles - draw your own conclusions as to the meaning of "those people".
the thing that stood out for me was when he said from ruslan on he would have more say
i am actully more hopeful for ruslan and the keeper now
also in the keeper he says its a hostage film so im wondering if its gonna be like willis underrated film hostage..if so it will be interesting has its a type of film seagal has not done before
i am actully more hopeful for ruslan and the keeper now
also in the keeper he says its a hostage film so im wondering if its gonna be like willis underrated film hostage..if so it will be interesting has its a type of film seagal has not done before
SimonLustenberger
Well-Known Member
I don`t know if someone has already posted this interview:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/mwop/moviefile/2008/09/steven-seagal-is-hard-to-inter.php
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/mwop/moviefile/2008/09/steven-seagal-is-hard-to-inter.php
Mystery Mom;191804 said:
listed Producer Lisa M. Hansen
none listed Producer Paul Hertzberg
none listed Producer Lindsay MacAdam
these are from cinetal films who are not involved with ruslan
also martin is right nu image bought rights to KS after filming and changed the film while ruslan is owned by voltage pictures