LL Cool J and Jamie Foxx Fighting on Set

LL Cool J and Jamie Foxx had such a massive fight on set that police were called and one crew member though Jamie had “snapped his neck.“ Oliver Stone’s 1999 NFL football drama Any Given Sunday was a testosterone-filled project, so perhaps it’s no surprise that co-stars LL Cool J and Jamie Foxx went at it one day. LL and Foxx were filming a scene where their football player characters were arguing on the sidelines next to their coach, played by Al Pacino. This scripted argument soon turned real, with Foxx slapping LL, and the legendary Pacino tried in vain to break up the fight between the much younger men. Cinematographer Sal Totino recounted to the Ringer in their oral history of the film that LL threw a “fucking massive punch that hits Jamie in the face. Jamie goes back and hits the push bar on the techno-crane. I thought he snapped his neck. Jamie pops up, full-blown fight going on. Punches are flying everywhere.“ Six-foot-five co-star Andrew Bryniarski added, "
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