Let’s talk about Under Siege, at least as far as its clothing is concerned.
Former action star Steven Seagal has ballooned to more than 320 pounds since moving to Russia, where he is now living large, stills from a newly discovered documentary.
And the strain is showing on the 6ft 4in former star as she is filmed barely able to wrap her arms around her growing belly.
Seagal, 72, has gone to great lengths to control images of himself being published. The recent photos on her social networks are from the chest up and she has not posted on her Instagram since December 2021.
But a 30-minute Russian propaganda documentary about the Ukrainian war released this month titled In the Name of Justice, revealed that his figure had changed drastically since the 90s when he appeared not only in the two Under Siege films but also in other intense films such as Marked for Death and On Deadly Ground .
A 30-minute documentary directed by and starring disgraced action star Steven Seagal showed that his figure had changed dramatically since his heyday in the 1990s.
The 30-minute episode, publicly available on the Russian website Smotrim.ru and operated by Russian state broadcaster VGTRK, was released on October 10 and showed Seagal looking big.
Seagal, 72, has gone to great lengths to strictly control images of himself being published. The recent photos on her social networks are from the chest up and she has not posted on her Instagram since December 2021.
During the documentary, Seagal’s swollen belly is so big his unbuttoned shirt hung from his waist, being pushed out by his enormous abdomen.
The 30-minute documentary, publicly available on the Russian website Smotrim.ru and operated by Russian state broadcaster VGTRK, premiered on October 10.
It follows the burly Putin supporter wandering through Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, amid shots of rubble and drone-bombed buildings.
A description on the Smotrim site written in Russian said Seagal “spoke personally with victims of Ukrainian nationalists and saw with his own eyes what is happening in Donbas,” a region that was occupied by Russian insurgents in 2022.
Seagal left his life in the United States behind after obtaining Russian citizenship in 2016, which was granted after numerous applications, according to a Kremlin spokesman. His paternal grandparents had immigrated to the United States from Vladivostock, in the far east of the country.
The man whom executive producer Lorne Michaels called Saturday Night Live’s worst host has since become a staunch supporter of President Vladimir Putin, who personally presented him with the Order of Friendship in May.
Seagal in the 2003 film Belly of the Beast, a time when the martial artist was desperately trying to hide his growing figure.
Seagal began starring in action films in the late ’80s. He was known for being a martial arts instructor in Japan and for having a seventh-dan black belt in Aikido.
A description on the Smotrim site written in Russian said Seagal “spoke personally with the victims of Ukrainian nationalists and saw with his own eyes what is happening in Donbas.”
At the ceremony, Seagal said Ukraine was known for “organ trafficking, child sex trafficking and Nazism.”
The documentary says Seagal was able to meet with captured nationalists from Ukraine’s Azov Brigade (a Ukrainian national guard formation stationed in the Sea of Azov that was integrated in 2014) and “visited the sites of their crimes against civilians in Donetsk and Lugansk”.
The Azov Brigade is characterized as a terrorist organization banned in Russia.
The Azov Regiment was one of the reasons cited by Russian President Vladimir Putin for the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. Putin has characterized the members as “neo-Nazis” due to the white supremacist views of their leaders.
The filmmakers did not hesitate to show Seagal’s full figure.
A source who worked with the action star in the 2000s was shocked by his appearance and estimated he gained “at least 50 pounds.” They also told DailyMail.com that Seagal would be furious if similar footage had been aired back then.
“He would have gone crazy on the cameraman for anything that made his hair or his weight look bad.
The source continued, “Seagal generally controlled the narrative a lot during filming, insisting on certain camera angles and nothing that accentuated his weight gain.”
The actor-director’s long friendship with Putin is well documented. He has called Putin “one of the greatest world leaders” and told the Moscow Times in 2014 that he would “like to consider him (Putin) as a brother.”
The actor-director’s long friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin is well documented. He has called Putin “one of the greatest world leaders” and told the Moscow Times in 2014 that he would “like to consider him (Putin) as a brother.”
Seagal’s departure for Russia came after it emerged that the Los Angeles district attorney was reviewing a sexual abuse case against him, following decades of accusations by women who worked with Seagal.
The office ultimately declined to prosecute because the statute of limitations was running out.
It was far from the first time the Out for Justice star had been accused of sexual harassment and other misconduct by women including Portia de Rossi, Julianna Margulies, Jenny McCarthy and Katherie Heigl. Dutch model Faviola Dadis and Inside Edition correspondent Lisa Guerrero.
Putin presents the Order of Friendship to Seagal during an awards ceremony at the Kremlin in May.
Portia DeRossi (left) and Katherine Heigl are among a number of actresses who have accused Seagal of sexual misconduct over the years.
In addition to the sexual assault allegations, Seagal has also been accused of fostering hostile work environments on set.
Seagal had a reputation for punching stuntmen who were on the sets of the movies he was working on.
Actor John Leguizamo called the marital artist a ‘bully’ on set because of their experience working together on the 1996 film Executive Decision.
he told the New York Post that no one had a good time working with him and that Seagal continued to “hit the stuntmen on purpose” until the now deceased Gene LeBell, considered one of the most famous stuntmen in Hollywood, intervened by strangling him.
Even Saturday night live were disturbed by Seagal’s behavior after the martial artist starred in one of the most infamous episodes that aired on the show in 1991.
The action star’s unwillingness to follow the show’s plan and his horrendous bad ideas for skits almost led SNL to consider replacing him as host and making an ensemble show, according to former SNL actor David Spade in his book Live From New York: The Complete, Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live.