Gary Busey was originally cast as H.M. "Mad" Murdock in the 1980s television series 'The A-Team'. A total of fourteen episodes were filmed with him in the role until it became apparent to Stephen J. Cannell, the creator of the series, that Busey believed that he truly was a member of an elite group of crack-commandos-cum-soldiers-of-fortune on the run for a crime they did not commit. Busey went as far as accosting actor George Peppard, who played team leader John "Hannibal" Smith, that if he ever revealed the location of the A-Team he would "tear his guts out through his stink-button and make that pussy Mr. T eat them".
