# In 2001, Steven Seagal threatened to kill a director and their family. Then he walked out the wrong door of a houseboat and fell into the sea

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-2001-steven-seagal-threatened-to-kill-a-director-and-their-family-then-he-walked-out-the-wrong-door-of-a-houseboat-and-fell-into-the-sea/
- Published: 2026-11-02T00:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-02T01:19:30+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/steven-seagal-threatened-to-kill-director-fell-in-the-sea/
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Seagal reportedly threatened the director during filming.
- He fell into the sea through the wrong houseboat door.
- Tom Arnold later said the incident taught him a lesson.

## Summary

During filming of *Exit Wounds* in 2001, Steven Seagal reportedly threatened to kill director Andrzej Bartkowiak and his family after the director asked him to rehearse a scene. Seagal then stormed towards the wrong door of a houseboat and fell into the sea, turning a tense exchange into an accidental mishap witnessed by co-star Tom Arnold.

Arnold later recounted that Seagal had argued for about 45 minutes because he did not want to rehearse. Arnold and Anthony Anderson pulled him from the water; Anderson said Seagal was difficult to lift because he was wet and wearing a muumuu. Arnold said the incident reminded him that taking a short time to block the scene could have avoided the prolonged argument.

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