for weddings. for gibson, it was an invitation to trouble. mel and his sidekick steve bisly were over this wedding going on for too long so they went to the windows and gave them the moons, which then, you know, heated up the big guys in the at the wedding and they chased them off down the road. reporter: gibson would soon pay for his bad boy behavior, getting into a bar brawl just before an audition. he comes out of it and his eye s falling out, bleeding, all cut up. he said, i m never going to let that happen again. fy get a chance to punch a guy, i m going to make sure i punch him enough. reporter: next, blockbuster films and another bloody bar fight. hopkins saw mel s behavior and said, he s going to have to shape up or he could number a lot of trouble.