John Leguizamo Recounts ’Difficult’ Time Working With Patrick Swayze

The actor did not have great things to say about his deceased co-star from the 1995 drag queen dramedy film “To Wong Foo.”

“Rest in peace, I love him,” Leguizamo started his remarks, before calling Swayze “neurotic and I think, maybe a tiny bit insecure.” In, and Leguizamo starred as drag queens who travel across the country together until their car breaks down in a small town. Previous recollections from former costars of Swayze have been“Wesley and I, we vibed ‘cuz ya know, we’re people of color, we got each other,” Leguizamo continued, but Swayze didn’t like him for being an improviser, he said.

“I’m neurotic too,” Leguizamo said, and added that he and Swayze just approached the work differently. “I invent my role,” he continued, “I expanded that role, ‘cause that role was nothing. Douglas Carter Beane may disagree, ‘cause he wrote the script, but he knows what I brought to it. He knows. He’s incredible.”

Leguizamo went on to reflect on the film’s impact almost 30 years later. “ was very important because a lot of transgender kids, kids come up to me, who are now I guess a little older, they said because of that show and my character, they felt confident to come out to their parents.” He concluded, “And I felt like, ‘Wow, that’s what art’s supposed to do.’”

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