According to Chris Lee of the Los Angeles Times, a crew member on the set of The A-Team directed a homophobic slur at Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, in a possible attempt to get the UFC fighter to hit him. Jackson cursed the man out and had him thown off the set, but in discussing the incident with Lee, had a surprising take on the movie business, and a few other things. Key quote:
“Acting is kind of gay,” Jackson said. “It makes you soft. … Vancouver strikes me as a San Francisco-kind of place. And I don’t want [individuals] getting ideas about me.”
20th Century Fox may not be thrilled with that, as far as distribution in SF and Vancouver goes. But overall, I’ll bet the comments add a few tickets sold. For his part, Jackson seemed sincere.
But the outburst seemed to also prompt Jackson, 31, to wrestle with other issues: his experiences in Western Canada, his choice to take time out of the octagon (as the UFC’s fighting ring is known) and how his stardom in “The A-Team,” Fox studios’ tent-pole adaptation of the ’80s action-comedy series that’s due in theaters June 11, might affect his fighting career.
“Acting is kind of gay,” Jackson said. “It makes you soft. You got all these people combing your hair and putting a coat over your shoulders when you’re cold. I don’t want a coat over my shoulders! I’m a tough-ass [individual]!”
“Vancouver strikes me as a San Francisco-kind of place,” he continued. “And I don’t want [individuals] getting ideas about me. I feel in my heart I’m the toughest [individual] on the planet. And I don’t want nothing changing my train of thought. If you don’t believe that when we step inside the octagon, it shows.”
Jackson doesn’t want to go all Carl Weathers in Rocky II; I can respect that. But the old San Francisco stereotype? Being 31, perhaps he’s too young to recall a certain five Super Bowl trophies.
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Rampage Jackson brings a bad attitude to ‘A-Team’: ‘Acting is kind of gay’ [Los Angeles Times]
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- tommy_gunn - Jun 2, 2010 at 2:21 AM
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kind of g@y, really, Rampage?
Oh, you mean like your fight the other night against Rashad Evans! Yes, that type of g@y!!
As in WEAK SAUCE.
Stick with acting, you are done in the Octagon.
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- RM - Jun 2, 2010 at 9:15 AM
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You make a living by stripping down to your underwear and rolling around on the ground with other hard-bodied men in their underwear. What is your definition of gay?
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- bob - Jun 2, 2010 at 12:24 PM
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This idividual really needs to re think his individuals thoughs on SF and Indviduals who live there.
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- Joe - Jun 6, 2010 at 6:52 PM
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Bob needs to re think his grammar and spelling, and also not talking like a from SF.
