hey

71 year old actor????? Geez, I bet vultures follow that guy around.

Nice work Gene! At 71 I bet he can still kick some serious ass.

From the story:


The driver of the other car "was really close to (Hackman's) face and kept stepping up on him," witness Nathaniel Keefer told reporters afterwards.

"There was more of that for several minutes but (Hackman) seemed to keep his cool. ... But then something was said and (Hackman) just hit him four or five times."

Keep your cool til someone goes over the line, then give em a beatdown...Mr. Hackman, you rock!

Betcha Gene had a nicer Volvo than they did.

he is trying to be like OJ, get'en in traffic fights. don't we think that maybe there is enough fighting going on right now....come on, it is just a f$%king car!

what?
bump fenders with me? lex luthor? the greatest criminal mind of our age?

mmmmmm.....gene

The Yahoo! version of this earlier said that the "phrase that was uttered" to make Gene hit the guy had homosexual overtones.. but now it doesn't say that anymore. Who knows.

Gene Hackman Rocks....Krinkle..that was farkin funny

Two Volvos? I'd expect this more if one was driving a Camaro and the other an El Camino. Gene Hackman rules though. At 71 he takes both of them on!

Vexhex, did you read the article?

I agree w/ BigPeeler, the boneheads probably saw dollar signs....You go Gene..Good for you.

Go Gene!!

Dambass 30 something fark getting in a fight with a 71 year old man. He ought to be ashamed of himself and I hope Gene gave him a good ass beaten.

Petrifly: Well, you can't yell "faggot" in West Hollywood without gettin' your ass kicked

That intersection was nasty. I thought that's where it was gonna be right before I clicked the link and sure enough it was. Crescent Heights/Laurel Canyon at Sunset Bl has more chunks of glass and metal from all the accidents than any intersection I've ever seen.

thank you, thank you...
still waiting for a chance to quote general zod though...
man, if only they sold general zod costumes, i might actually go out to parties this year...

He was Popeye(Doyle),they shivered his timbers,and he just blew 'em down.

Pertifly: They probably called him a "stupid cocksucker." Them's fightin' words!

"let's fight!"
"them's fighting words!"

Courtney Cox-Zucker: Where do you live? I'm working near North Hollywood right now.

Damn, I didn't realize Gene was 71...That's a great damned story, laying the smack down on a 3x year old.

3Horn

Wheaton to lose his tag... Let's get a "Hackman" tag!

Even at 71, I still wouldn't mess with him. I know he'd kick my ass. I'm kinda concerned that he drives a Volvo, though.

Jakjak: Live in Sherman Oaks, work in Hollywood here.

Beefy Bean: As Letterman says: "What's the deal with old guys and their huge glasses?"

No kidding, I'm actually working in Sherman Oaks. Live in city far, far away though.

I'll never understand the screening process that goes on for article submissions...I submitted this story early this morning, with a much more entertaining headline to boot!

Actor Gene Hackman in fender bender, starts a fist fight, gets kicked in the groin

I mean c'mon...HE WAS KICKED IN THE GROIN! That's comedy, folks! Sheesh...

Gene's a former U.S. Marine.

ooh-rah Geno. Way to give 'em hell.

Gene Hackman is a guru.

It doesn't matter what the situation is, when someone steps up into your face (litterally) and starts shouting at you I believe you are entitled to beat them with anything you can find. Provocation is not something you can justify or defend.

Things like this make me wish I could outfit my car with cameras on all sides.

Geez, the CNN story doesn't even mention the part about the second guy coming out of the car and kicking Hackman in the crotch...the full story is HERE.

2 on 1, the latter being 71 year old. at least Gene got some serious punches in. HACKMAN IS THE MAN!

Wasn't he a priest in the "Poseidon Adventure"?

He was also the evil ass-kicking sheriff in "Unforgiven"

As you can see in this photo, Gene Hackman appears to be calm and reasonable. The other driver looks irate, as if he's contemplating kicking Mr. Hackman in the groin:

better watch yourself oldman... I'll break your hip.

ahhh. The perplexing duality it is to be Gene Hackman

Augie: Gary Oldman?

Hackman's cooler than Walken.

I ment old man... not oldman... :)

that Walken comment will be forgotten

NO ONE IS COOLER THAN WALKEN..., although Hackmen ROCKs

"Hackman's cooler than Walken."
dido

NEVER... Hackman is cool.. Walken IS GOD

Hackman is cool, but he aint got that "thing"....... Walken has it.....

Walken not WALKEN!

No! He took it in the crotch too?
At 71?
Gene! The man!
Beat that yuppie's ass off and give 'em one for the home team!

Bigpeeler;

You forgot McQueen and Bruce Lee.
Lee invented the cool glare.

These guys should be sentenced to being Jet Lee's attack targets from 'The One II: No Story, Just Matrix-Style Ass Kicking'

Russell Crowe-yes
Tom Hanks-yes
Julia Roberts-no
Richard Gere-hell no