John Leguizamo says ‘neurotic’ Patrick Swayze was ‘difficult’ on ‘To Wong Foo’ when they nearly got into physical fight
nypost.com“Andy Cohen Live,” John Leguizamo described his late co-star Patrick Swayze as “neurotic” and “difficult” to work with. The two actors starred in the 1995 drag queen cult classic “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar” alongside Wesley Snipes and Stockard Channing.Leguizamo’s comments were spurred by host Andy Cohen’s suggestion that Swayze had a sterling reputation among his co-stars.Leguizamo, 63, disagreed, “That’s different than what I experienced.
Rest in peace, I love him. He was just neurotic. And I’m neurotic too, but I don’t know, he was just — it was difficult working with him.”Eternally youthful, Leguizamo is also famously outspoken; in 2020 he boycotted the Emmys, citing “cultural apartheid.”Leguizamo similarly slammed the entertainment industry for casting James Franco as Fidel Castro in an upcoming film project. “I don’t got a prob with Franco but he ain’t Latino!” the comedian concluded in an impassioned Instagram post.
Cohen suggested that Swayze, who died at 57 in 2009 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer, may have been a perfectionist.
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