There was a time when the American actor achieved fame thanks to his particular style in action films, but over the years his figure has deteriorated due to numerous s---dals.
If we were to make a list of the best action movies in history, at least for their iconic nature, we would surely come to the conclusion that many belong mainly to the 80s and some to the 90s. Rocky, Predator, Conan, Cornered, Kickboxer, Terminator, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard or The Rock are some of the titles, converted into sagas in most cases, that will come to mind without too much effort.
There were also others that did not stand out as much but that contributed their grain of sand to elevate their protagonists as references in action cinema, such as the cases of Missing in Combat or Maximum Alert. Precisely, this last title brought fame to Steven Seagal and made him the heir, or at least candidate, to the throne of action cinema, which was mainly shared by Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger thanks to their particular style of action, very focused. in martial arts and in dislocations of any joint in the body.
However, those who predicted a promising career for the actor, who is currently 69, did not foresee the curves in the road. And the thing is, Seagal could not or did not know how to string together quality films and was lost in an amalgamation of dull and expendable films that gave him a good financial return, but not glory. In fact, his filmography has about 50 titles and it is likely that he cannot remember even five. Not even some of the most recent ones, like the one starring alongside the late rapper DMX in 2019 (Beyond The Law).
Although it has been a long time since Steven Seagal's career stopped being of interest and his media relevance became a consequence of his s---dals and eccentricities. In the first category we can list an avalanche of accusations of harassment, which supposedly include anything from inappropriate advances or attitudes, reported by Jenny McCarthy, Julianna Margulies, Faviola Danis or Portia de Rossi, to a case of rape, which Regina Simons confessed when He was barely of age at a press conference in 2018.
Faced with the accusations, which have been the subject of investigations, Steven Seagal has mainly opted for silence and only once spoke out to deny the accusation to a media outlet in San Diego (California). “When people make accusations, they often lie. They want to kill someone, get revenge on someone. “They want fame, they want money,” the actor, who has been married up to four times and who has 7 children, settled the matter.
Steven Seagal's new profession
We will ignore his first steps in the world of music to go directly to the heart of the matter: what he is currently doing. Well, only a character with Seagal's record could be received with open arms by Vladimir Putin, who in 2016 granted him Russian nationality and in 2018 granted him a diplomatic position whose nomenclature is as endless as its purpose is absurd: special representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry for cultural relations with the United States. A fact that has a lot to do with that eccentricity that we mentioned before.
A position that actually encompasses much more than the lukewarm and useless attempt to improve relations with the United States. Seagal's success is greater when it comes to strengthening ties with more like-minded countries. Like Venezuela. Recently we were able to see the former actor being received by Nicolás Maduro, who was full of praise on his Twitter account.
