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The meltdowns continue.  Excellent...

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http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm

'INTENT' STAR FAINTS ON THE SET 

 November 11, 2004 -- VINCENT D'Onofrio, the star of "Law & Order: 
Criminal Intent," passed out while shooting the hit TV series yesterday 
morning — prompting insiders to gossip that the actor is "losing it." 
"Ever since John Kerry lost the election, [D'Onofrio] has lost his 
[bleep,]" said our on-set insider. 

"He has been getting into fistfights with people, and when he passed out 
today, we all thought he was faking it. But then he insisted they call 
911." 

An ambulance raced to the Queens studio, where paramedics found nothing 
wrong with the gifted actor, who became a star in 1987 with his searing 
performance as a misfit Marine in "Full Metal Jacket." 

Tensions on the "Criminal Intent" set are running high. "No one thinks 
Vincent will last for much longer," the insider said. 

"He is so hard to work with — a total freak. He constantly complains 
about the scripts and has held up production a lot." 

D'Onofrio, a big Kerry supporter, was said to be devastated over 
President Bush's re-election. "When PAGE SIX [last week] wrote about 
'Law & Order' putting up signs forbidding political discussions on set, 
it was funny," our source said. "Those signs were put up because of 
[D'Onofrio]." 

About a month before the election, D'Onofrio "insisted" on putting up 
anti-Bush posters and fliers, "and would attack anyone who disagreed 
with him," the spy added. 

In response, "Law & Order" producers posted signs banning political 
discussions or anything else that would impede work on set, implying 
that D'Onofrio had held up taping of the show with his political 
zealotry. 

D'Onofrio's co-stars, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan and Courtney B. 
Vance, are said to be fed up with his antics. 

 

"No one — and I do mean no one — talks to him anymore," the insider 
added. 

A rep for the show insisted there had been no "fistfights." 

D'Onofrio does not have a rep. But show creator Dick Wolf said via a 
rep: "The stress of being the first among equals on a one-hour 
television drama is the most exhausting job in show business. Hours are 
long and stress levels are high. 

"Any actor who has been in Vincent's position knows how tough it is. It 
is unfortunate that Vincent's health has become the topic of gossip and 
speculation under these circumstances."



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