VINNIE JONES BAR FIGHT – NOW WITH VIDEO!

12.08.08 Written by Vince Mancini

Movie tough guy and former soccer tough guy Vinnie Jones, whom you may remember from the “Oy’m da Juggernaut, bitch!” scene in X-Men 3, was arrested in South Dakota recently over an alleged method acting incident.

Police said Jones got into a scuffle at Wiley’s Tavern and suffered cuts on his face from a beer glass.

A police sergeant said Jones apparently charged at Jesse Bickett of Montrose, South Dakota, who hit Jones with the glass.

Bickett, 24, was arrested on a charge of aggravated assault.

One of Bickett’s roommates, Juan Barrera, said they were playing pool when Jones asked to play, then got offended when one of them asked if he was “that guy from X-Men.” Barrera said he was punched by Jones, who is mostly known for his tough guy roles, and countered with one or two of his own.

“He got offended by that, and he started pushing my other friends around. He said he’s been in so many other movies or whatever,” Barrera said.

Authorities said Jones was treated at a hospital, then was charged with simple assault and posted bail Friday morning. [International Herald Tribune]

Jones was supposedly in South Dakota to hunt peasants pheasant.  The best part of this whole thing is that Jones was pissed because someone remembered him for a Brett Ratner movie.  Keep in mind, Vinnie Jones has also starred in a movie opposite Stone Cold Steve Austin, done voice work on Garfield 2: A Tale of Two Kitties, and will soon be appearing in Not Another Not Another Movie.  And yet the mere mention of X3 sent him into a violent rage.  I happened to re-watch X3 myself when it was on cable over the weekend and I can see why he was pissed.  In other surprising news, at least one Mexican guy lives in South Dakota.

UPDATE: Thanks to a sexy FilmDrunkard from the UK, you can see video of the fight here (UPDATE X2: or above). The Juggernaut got a couple punches in but eventually succumbed to a hip toss from a fat guy.  If you think that’s something, you should see him take down a plate of nachos.

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JOSH BROLIN ACCUSED OF METHOD ACTING

07.14.08 Written by Vince Mancini

Pictured: A couple good \'ol boys, never meanin\' no harm.

Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright and five other members of the crew of Oliver Stone’s W were arrested after a bar fight in Schreveport, Louisiana Saturday morning. Brolin plays George W. Bush in the film, Wright Colin Powell. 

Shreveport police Sgt. Willie Lewis said the seven were arrested just after 2 a.m. at the Stray Cat bar. The Times of Shreveport reported that Brolin was booked and posted $334 cash bond to be released. Police did not say Saturday night whether he or the others had been released. [CNN]

Reportedly, the fight began when, after getting his dinner from a garbage can, Brolin had a shoe thrown at him by a mean old man. …Get it? Because they were at the Stray Cat bar? Whatever, I was already leaving.

A likely scenario is that Wright got into an argument with the Louisiana locals about the Tony Award he won for Angels in America.  Many are still bitter about him beating out Larry Bryggman for his portrayal of Howard Bevans in Picnic.  You know how worked up they get about theater in the south. 

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