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Brendan Fraser appears to have taken his upcoming role as expert marksman William Tell a little too seriously. A producer on "The Legend of William Tell: 3D" is suing the Canadian actor for allegedly physically attacking him -- twice.
According to TMZ, Todd Moyer wants $25,000 for the "extreme mental anguish and physical pain" he suffered at the hands of the "Mummy" star.
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Moyer accused an "intoxicated" Fraser of poking him in the chest, pushing and verbally threatening him at a Hilton Hotel in Indianapolis in July 2011. Then, Moyer claimed, the 43-year-old Torontonian screamed threats and hit him in the chest "at least 20 times" in January during a meeting in which Moyer refused to hire another producer, Charlotte Huggins (who worked on "Journey to the Center of the Earth" with Fraser back in 2008), for "William Tell."
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Moyer's suit comes a few months after Fraser sued Moyer for $3 million for delaying production on the film, about the 14th-century Swiss folk hero who is said to have split an apple atop his son's head with an arrow. Though IMDb lists "William Tell" as being in pre-production, Fraser claimed that it was supposed to start shooting in October 2011 and that its delay has caused him to miss out on other acting opportunities.
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Fraser's lawyer, Marty Singer, referred to his client's suit in his response to Moyer's.
"This is a ridiculous and absurd claim by Mr. Moyer," Singer told TMZ. "He's desperately trying to avoid the monies that he guaranteed to pay to Brendan -- more than $2 million -- and has concocted this claim. He recently just put his company into bankruptcy. This is just another desperate attempt by him to avoid paying his debt."