John Leguizamo is back on the big screen with The Menu and he recently opened up about who he based his character on. Leguizamo plays the character of Georgie Diaz, an action star past his prime. T…
Leguizamo plays the character of Georgie Diaz, an action star past his prime. To get into the mindset of the fictional character, the“I’ve met lots of these stars like that, maybe before they were washed up,” he told
. “I mean, now they’re washed up. I kind of based mine on Steven Seagal. I had a bad run-in with him. We did a movie together. It was'Wakanda Forever' Seeing $66M Second Weekend; What's Going On With Adult Pics 'She Said' & 'The Menu'? - Saturday Updateis a 1996 film directed by Stuart Baird that starred Kurt Russell, Halle Berry, Leguizamo and Seagal, among others.
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