|
|
10 actors you didn't know were wrestlers: photos3 E3 J0 R, m8 Z. z1 o
8 u" u4 B/ P7 _4 G/ r# x! ?; n
+ j; G* } K+ q* \' \0 o8 e X( B$ n
5 Z; E/ X* ?' b$ _! a; TBefore playing Bane in "Batman & Robin," Jeep Swenson competed in both World Class Championship Wrestling and WCW.% J2 |2 V8 Z2 o( A$ A }
* L2 Y6 T7 r d
 ' M( E/ v$ y; T. I" v1 n$ {% J
# X' L$ s6 `9 z- b1 q
Tyler Mane arrived in WCW in 1989 as Nitron.
* @$ {* [4 l, a, a% C
0 M3 ^, i. T+ Z# c% _( ]
. w5 ]4 e& y4 N( J' g
5 c |9 T! {) }( lIn the early '90s, Mane became Vinnie Vegas's associate, Big Sky.9 G, w1 D" V# B* Y3 \. @
( W! o4 u0 y- x # R( D9 q- ^5 I! h, o# ^! i
8 X1 @) A& ~! k1 t: I5 h. ^Mane really turned heads with his turns as Sabretooth in “X-Men” and as the new Michael Myers in the “Halloween” remake and its subsequent sequel.
* ~8 `7 h }1 [' V" Y! j- V" `: U% X/ Q0 e5 Y
2 T8 p$ a+ k1 W/ g( b- `( a9 m1 a. I# s- [, C0 Q! n% G
 , f. h/ v. s$ x0 w- c" }9 K1 X
5 t3 H- B b4 S" `Woody Strode was a barrier-breaking African-American wrestler who was one of the first black players in the NFL. He also had memorable roles in films like "Spartacus" and "The Ten Commandments."& @0 g% _. k$ e( ?* k
' e' X& ~" e* p7 _( W4 ?: k
- z5 o8 Y) }$ i; g; W+ \8 z, V5 l; e( I' q% S6 {4 D
Lenny "The Bull" Montana is well-known as Luca Brasi from "The Godfather," but he was also an accomplished pro wrestler.
d F1 l" r# E! | S- m; ?2 ?! b& a! a( [! J* w& U" k
6 i" {! G2 |- K
- r7 t1 w4 i) U jTor Johnson, also known as The Super Swedish Angel, became a B-movie icon and starred in flicks like "Plan 9 from Outer Space."
* y7 S+ ?% o* B6 I' D2 k5 u2 q$ V3 [# S: V
 ' R5 s: o/ t. S' H
( O2 L" U9 w' i; y* pDoes the face of wrestler Tosh Togo ring any bells?
# V3 u7 \ d* \. H
! F1 H" ~" M* e- s ' k6 J: \6 C( V0 X
8 ?2 [" J" F& Z$ X1 jYou might recognize him as Harold Sakata, the man who played hat-tossing Bond henchman Oddjob in "Goldfinger."
3 Z! W1 B( }3 E; }2 h' ]" u
/ G( \+ [2 K/ q+ O# `6 ~* o
" c r/ O% h% S4 O2 N: x9 [ o) {( H) U8 ? c' J3 a
Milton Reid, who wrestled as Mighty Chang, was nearly cast as Oddjob. He had a long acting career in movies like "Swiss Family Robinson," "The Return of the Pink Panther" and Bond flicks "Dr. No" and "The Spy Who Loved Me."6 ~/ @- B9 I+ A0 F
3 G0 P2 P0 n; y6 g' Q
# j k0 z3 i/ p/ L: C9 u, q
( E/ R k2 \9 zAny longtime wrestling fan that gets a kick out of squared circle camp loves the 1989 cult classic “No Holds Barred” starring Hulk Hogan and Tom "Tiny" Lister as Zeus.5 @& G, s* y5 H1 {& j
; v. z( h$ [$ q0 t h* D) e, j! L
- ]/ Z* a/ |8 U2 A8 V( q5 O' K0 q+ f! l2 U- P# f8 R. X e6 `" b
Lister also acted in movies like "The Fifth Element," "Jackie Brown" and "Friday."5 g: n O$ K# H. `% F0 e0 _( S
5 r/ t, ?0 A9 g7 f
5 N# a+ |# c" M' w, u4 L0 e4 H( J- v
That year, Lister joined WWE as the same Human Wrecking Machine he played in the motion picture.
' D# {# r2 ]9 i& ~4 u, E' g
x! n5 v3 N3 ?" O! |
% W6 j0 }2 [4 u. M( a! k, [
: n0 y+ `3 L+ e7 z0 @, eZeus wrestled at SummerSlam and Survivor Series, landed in the PWI 500 and later appeared in WCW.7 _5 m4 g: [* ^# o0 U, h6 T
$ q* j6 P* Q( L$ }' X( h% y
 : U8 T" R( i# @: v
( m8 U, `1 _" Y
Alex Karras, who you might know as Mongo from "Blazing Saddles," was also a football player for the Detroit Lions and battled Dick the Bruiser in the ring.* e1 e' T) @2 c) r
V6 d: t( k _3 R& W2 r. N5 @& ^
; {9 W; \( y# k" W' U! x2 b$ ]: c7 e! S
Karras' big role was as sitcom dad George Papadopolis in "Webster."/ ?1 t6 W8 U) f( {
$ Z6 v- m ]# n
" ~9 B) h% X4 L. C" {8 L. v' f, j+ s. R, \! D7 Z0 G: Z1 {
Robert Maillet made a name for himself in WWE during The Attitude Era as The Interrogator — a member of The Jackyl’s Truth Commission.& S. I% H. m3 f- [
8 Q; [& c$ T$ z- V; G
# }8 a9 `# g, J! f) l! b9 F+ }5 i2 R; s, P* _8 P9 z
Later Maillet joined the enormously popular Oddities faction and the behemoth was reborn as Kurrgan, complete with awkward dancing and tie-dye.
9 \6 K* n6 u0 ]6 V8 F/ S; B2 J6 O4 X
 4 d# i- c2 U' q
+ Y! f7 t/ ~) w. E$ l7 O9 F: lMaillet first made waves in Hollywood as the bloodthirsty Uber Immortal in Frank Miller’s epic “300,” for which he won Best Fight at the MTV Movie Awards.
0 A2 j' d- a: I R0 j5 ~* f% M. F! M, |' _. l4 e
 2 w+ F! v9 \' P' J; N
6 a' [% B5 W. B2 w3 l5 N. A d* J) h8 @The former Oddity nailed the role of Russian Jaeger pilot Aleksis Kaidanovsky in Guillermo del Toro’s adrenaline-pumping “Pacific Rim.”
|
|
发表于 2013-8-31 20:12
发表于 2013-8-31 22:33
