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Steven Seagal in Sniper: Special Ops (2016)

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Sniper: Special Ops

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Though Steven Seagal is the only one on the poster and is top billed he only appears in the movie for 10 minutes.
The movie was filmed in 20 days.
The reason the movie features so many vehicles is specifically because Seagal requested there be more than were initially included
Rob Van Dam, a wrestler, has a knot on his head like actor Jean Claude Van Damme, who is no relation.
An initial script for the movie saw Bruce Willis play as the villain, a rouge Green Beret who joined forces with the Taliban. However, after 4 days onset, he was critically wounded by Steven Seagal while he was on the gun range when Seagal missed the target and hit Willis. This was a contradiction of the marksman skills Seagal claimed to have. The director Fred Olen Ray confronted a pale white-faced Seagal, who confessed he didn't posses the shooting skills he claimed. Despite being telling director Fred Olen Ray that he had been a sniper for 25 years in the U.S. Marine Corps and another 25 years as an FBI sniper, he never actually had that experience at all. Seagal tried to remove the bullet from Willis' liver, claiming he was a surgeon for 25 years, but was denied by both a furious Bruce Willis and a mentally drained Fred Olen Ray. Nevertheless, Steven drove him to the hospital with Fred riding in the front passenger seat. After Willis' surgery was completed, both Bruce Willis and Fred Olen Ray made Seagal pay the $17,931 hospital bill. However, a red faced Seagal realized he left his wallet at home. Acting on desperation, he stole Bruce Willis' wallet and claimed it as his for the time being without telling him. Seagal maxed Bruce Willis' credit card and spent all the cash in his wallet. Seagal then stared at Bruce Willis and asked for a "thank you". Bruce Willis quit and the plot of the movie was changed from there.

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