One of the benefits of being typecast as a general badass on-screen is that off-screen, you can use that general badassery to intimidate those who don’t appreciate your performances. Tom Sizemore knows this, and even without glaring at someone in real life, he was able to get real weird with a guy on Twitter who thought his presence in the third season of Twin Peaks was “jarring.”
Despite the fact that the observation is benign, Sizemore isn’t having it. He reached out directly to let the Eric Pope, the poor soul who made the initial tweet, and the world know that he’s not jarring, even when he’s being incredibly intimidating. How does one handle a Tom Sizemore who is coming at you hard on Twitter? How does one handle a Tom Sizemore at all?
The beginning of this strange Twitter odyssey was innocuous. Everyone could see that. Everyone but Tom Sizemore.
I can't explain it but seeing Tom Sizemore in Twin Peaks is jarring
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) June 7, 2017
Help pic.twitter.com/SEDidu4NFA
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) June 10, 2017
https://twitter.com/TomSizemore/status/873649804231925760
Please help pic.twitter.com/aES0ANmUdb
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) June 10, 2017
I AM BEING CYBER BULLIED BY TOM SIZEMORE STAR OF SAVING PRIVATE RYAN AND WHOSE WORK I GREATLY ENJOY https://t.co/xzPyQqB5CN
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) June 10, 2017
I can't pic.twitter.com/eTnuwN93r2
— Eric Pope (@MrPope) June 10, 2017
All of this seems in good fun, and it looks like Mr. Sizemore is just trying to boost his social media presence, despite being busy with no less than 17 films currently in post-production, according to IMDB. The guy likes to work, and he wants to defend his jarring appearances (please don’t come at me, Tom. I loved you in Bringing Out the Dead).