thought it would be humorous to take his picture, and he became incensed, enraged. he actually jumped on the photographer's cars, and it caused a huge scene, and this actually made the whole issue more public than him actually just taking the photograph because it seems like he was outraged and out of control, and people really wondered what was going on in his life. >> narrator: coleman was in fact involved in several fact altercations as a security guard, leading to more lawsuits and arrests. >> brown: people were just really surprised that he would be so angry and hostile. again, he grew up as, like, this loving, adorable character, and to see him as a grown manr, and really out of control and very angry was disturbing to people, but it also piqued people's curiosity to see what's wrong, why is he so upset? >> wolf: gary coleman's growth was stunted by his illness, but his mental and psychological growth were stunted, too, by early fame, by perhaps, you know, too much protectionou around him because he was a star, too much protection around him