John Leguizamo Says Patrick Swayze Was 'Difficult' To Work With: 'He Couldn't Keep Up'

The actors starred alongside Wesley Snipes in the 1995 comedy-drama "To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar" — and nearly got into a fistfight on-set.

John Leguizamo says he still remembers how hard it was to work with Patrick Swayze.

The duo co-starred alongside Wesley Snipes in “To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! July Newmar” (1995), a comedy about three drag queens on a road trip. When asked if the late great Swayze was the “angel” he’s remembered as, however, Leguizamo kept it real.

“It was difficult working with him,” he recalled Thursday on Sirius XM’s “Radio Andy.”

“[He was,] I don’t know, just neurotic, maybe a tiny bit insecure,” Leguizamo added, when host Andy Cohen asked for details. “And then Wesley and I, we vibed because, you know, we’re people of color and we got each other.”

Leguizamo was already an established comedian when he was cast in the part, which he said Thursday he “rewrote” because “that role was nothing.” While that creativity landed him his first Golden Globe nomination, Leguizamo said it made Swayze “mad and upset” on set.