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Friday, February 5, 2010

Steven Seagal to square off with Manny Pacquiao?

The 57-year-old martial arts hero, one of the most bankable stars of the ‘90s thanks to hit movies like “Out for Justice” (1991) and “Under Siege” (1992) and reported total movie earnings of $923 million worldwide—but whose recent films have become constant flops—made a visit at the Los Angeles home of Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao to implore the latter to do a movie with him.

In an interview with reporters present at the meeting, Seagal confessed to being a big fan of the pugilist—currently the toast of the international boxing world.

“I’ve always loved him. I think he is the best boxer in the world right now. I’m just a huge fan.”

The feeling is mutual apparently. Pacquiao admitted that, like most Filipinos his age, he grew up watching Seagal movies.

“I feel so lucky and I’m so happy to [have Segal] visit me here in my house, [as] he is my idol. Actually, I always watch his movies. I ‘m speechless when he arrived because…I can’t believe [that I] finally met Steven Seagal.”

The boxer, who is also a budding actor—he last appeared as a masked hero in a movie called “Wapakman”—is excited about the prospects of working with Seagal.

“I’m excited just thinking about it, about the movie.”

If plans push through, Seagal said he is hoping to shoot the movie in the Philippines. And what sort of movie exactly does he have in mind?

“I think it would be really nice to do something based on some kind of a heroic true story,” he quipped.

Before the dinner meeting ended, Seagal gave Pacquiao an autographed poster. The Pacman retaliated by giving the actor an autographed boxing glove.

Last year, Pacquiao met with another Hollywood action hero, Sylvester Stallone to discuss movies as well.

Pacquiao is currently in LA preparing for his bout with prized pugilist Joshua Clottey.
source: manila bulletin
www.mb.com.ph
By NEIL RAMOS

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The Manila Light Rail Transit System (Filipino: Sistema ng Magaan na Riles Panlulan ng Maynila),[citation needed] popularly known as the LRT, is a metropolitan rail system serving the Metro Manila area in the Philippines. Its twenty-nine stations over 28.8 kilometers (17.9 mi) of mostly elevated track form two lines. LRT Line 1, also called the Yellow Line, opened in 1984 and travels a north–south route. LRT Line 2, the Purple Line, was completed in 2004 and runs east–west.

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