To me, he’s a guy who basically lucked into a few OK acting gigs when he was still in decent shape. But he never really grew his acting skills and basically just drifted towards bottom of the barrel projects. Add in the fact that he’s generally difficult to work with according to people who have.
He’s not A or B list. He’s not on a list period. He’s someone you call if you want to make a shitty straight to the bargain bin or streaming filler ‘movie’ that stars a name someone remembers. Basically, cynical projects with no real artistic merit to them.
If the guy had been more likeable, maybe he could’ve powered through and still gotten some actual movie roles. After all, even old action stars can find nice gigs with movies like Expendables. But Seagal? Nobody’s itching to bring him back.
I think everyone should listen to the Behind the Bastards podcast that they did on him.
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236323/episode/part-one-steven-seagal-is-so-30004354/
Basically… not a very nice person in general.
To me, he’s a guy who basically lucked into a few OK acting gigs when he was still in decent shape. But he never really grew his acting skills and basically just drifted towards bottom of the barrel projects. Add in the fact that he’s generally difficult to work with according to people who have.
He’s not A or B list. He’s not on a list period. He’s someone you call if you want to make a shitty straight to the bargain bin or streaming filler ‘movie’ that stars a name someone remembers. Basically, cynical projects with no real artistic merit to them.
If the guy had been more likeable, maybe he could’ve powered through and still gotten some actual movie roles. After all, even old action stars can find nice gigs with movies like Expendables. But Seagal? Nobody’s itching to bring him back.
Thank you for listing the BTB episode