While filming Maidstone (1970) Torn, apparently unhappy with the film, struck director and star of the film Norman Mailer in the head with a hammer.[22][23] With the camera rolling, Mailer bit Torns ear and they wrestled to the ground. The fight continued until it was broken up by cast and crew members as Mailers children screamed in the background.[22] The fight is featured in the film. Although the scene may have been planned by Torn, the blood shed by both actors is real,[22] and Torn was reportedly truly outraged by Mailers direction.[23] In 1994 Torn filed a defamation lawsuit against Dennis Hopper over a story Hopper told on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[8] Hopper claimed that Torn pulled a knife on him during pre-production of the film Easy Rider (1969). According to Hopper, Torn was originally cast in the film but was replaced with Jack Nicholson after the incident. According to Torns suit, it was actually Hopper who pulled the knife on him, and Torn demanded a retraction from Hopper. A trial court judge ruled in Torns favor and Hopper was ordered to pay $475,000 in compensatory damages but denied Torns request for punitive damages, ruling Hopper had not acted with malice. Hopper then appealed the ruling, and a California appellate court upheld the trial courts ruling for compensatory damages, and reversed the ruling for the punitive damages, requiring Hopper to pay another $475,000 to Torn.[24][25] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip_Torn#On-set_conflicts
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