From The Archives: In honor of Rip Torn getting arrested for the attempted armed robbery of a Connecticut bank, here he is beating the shit out of Norman Mailer on the set of Mailer’s underrated cult film, Maidstone.
Context:
Mailer concluded principal photography without resolving the final scene, and Rip Torn (playing his brother-in-law and assassin) allegedly decided to take it upon himself to “improvise” an attack by hitting Mailer on the head with a small hammer, drawing blood. Mailer retaliated by tackling and then nearly chewing Torn’s ear off as they grappled viciously, and it rapidly escalated into an unhinged on-camera brawl as Mailer’s horrified kids screamed in terror.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
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this is INSANE
Damn, I’d been looking for this clip to post all day. Well done.
