Actor/director Corbin Bernsen and members of his film crew became embroiled in a mass brawl in Ohio last week after a quiet dinner at a local restaurant turned ugly.
The star is currently directing 25 Hill in the state and he went out for a meal with his co-workers last Tuesday at the Upper Deck bar/restaurant in New Franklin.
But the evening descended into chaos after a local man became flirtatious with a female member of the crew and a fight broke out.
Bernsen suffered a grazed knee in the scuffle and co-producer James Greilick was treated for a black eye.
The venue's co-owner Jeff Houck tells Wkyc.com, "The fight was over a girl. The young man approached a girl in their (film crew) who is local. He had gone to high school with her and (crew members) asked him to back off. And I think he took offence to it. And I think he threw the first punch."
No further action will be taken over the incident as all parties have told police they won't be pressing charges.
The star is currently directing 25 Hill in the state and he went out for a meal with his co-workers last Tuesday at the Upper Deck bar/restaurant in New Franklin.
But the evening descended into chaos after a local man became flirtatious with a female member of the crew and a fight broke out.
Bernsen suffered a grazed knee in the scuffle and co-producer James Greilick was treated for a black eye.
The venue's co-owner Jeff Houck tells Wkyc.com, "The fight was over a girl. The young man approached a girl in their (film crew) who is local. He had gone to high school with her and (crew members) asked him to back off. And I think he took offence to it. And I think he threw the first punch."
No further action will be taken over the incident as all parties have told police they won't be pressing charges.
- 8/6/2010
- WENN
The last time Corbin Bernsen, the actor-turned-indie director, stepped behind a camera, it was to help out a small town in Saskatchewan, making a movie that mobilized the community.
Now Bernsen is setting his sights closer to home, on Akron, Ohio, with the hopes of saving an ailing soap box derby tradition.
Bernsen is directing "25 Hill," a family-friendly production with a budget of about $500,000 that begins shooting Wednesday in the town once nicknamed the Rubber City. He aims to save its nearly 75-year-old racing league, the All-American Soap Box Derby.
In September, Bernsen read an article in USA Today about how the derby had a debt of $623,000 with a local bank and was facing extinction.
"The derby used to be this huge event; 50,000 people used to show up, and Chevrolet was a huge sponsor," Bernsen said Monday from his production offices in Akron. "But the times, the economy, the kids got into other interests.
Now Bernsen is setting his sights closer to home, on Akron, Ohio, with the hopes of saving an ailing soap box derby tradition.
Bernsen is directing "25 Hill," a family-friendly production with a budget of about $500,000 that begins shooting Wednesday in the town once nicknamed the Rubber City. He aims to save its nearly 75-year-old racing league, the All-American Soap Box Derby.
In September, Bernsen read an article in USA Today about how the derby had a debt of $623,000 with a local bank and was facing extinction.
"The derby used to be this huge event; 50,000 people used to show up, and Chevrolet was a huge sponsor," Bernsen said Monday from his production offices in Akron. "But the times, the economy, the kids got into other interests.
- 4/5/2010
- by By Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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