Actor Chris Hemsworth Hopelessly Miscast as Wrestler Hulk Hogan in New Biopic
It has been announced that Australian actor Chris Hemsworth has been cast to play wrestling giant Hulk Hogan in an upcoming Netflix biopic and the world is left asking… um, what the heck is wrong with you people in Hollywood?
Many wrestling fans don’t get this casting. For one, as buffed as Chris Hemsworth is, the Aussie actor is real-world buffed, not super jacked like Hogan was at his 1980s peak. In other words, the actor seems to be very fit – extremely, even – but not roided out like Hogan was. In fact, Hemsworth almost looks like a norm-sized fellow compared to Hogan in the 1980s.
Then there is the pretty factor. Hulk Hogan is nothing if not a beastly looking chap, let’s face it. Yet, Hollywood is picking a pretty-faced actor like Hemswoth to portray the famously homely wrestler?
It just seems like a bad fit all the way around. And wrestling fans are just as confused.
Leading the criticism was wrestling commentator Bryan Alvarez who insisted that compared to Hogan, Hemsworth “just looks like a normal guy,” Daily Mail reported.
“He’s big, and yes he’s got long blonde hair,” Alvarez said of Hemsworth, “but, have you seen Hulk Hogan in the ’80s? He’s at least twice the size of Thor!”
Alvarez also felt that Hogan should be portrayed by an American actor, not an Aussie like Hemsworth.
Other fans jumped to Twitter to slam Netflix for the casting move.
chris hemsworth is playing hulk hogan in a movie? please say sike. pic.twitter.com/ETV81Fzl3v
— tey (@ki11monger) February 20, 2019
https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1098335053644525568
chris hemsworth will be playing hulk hogan in a biopic for netflix. did you see this? yeah, they say chris hemsworth is preparing by eating sushi. folks,
— tha t man (@TimWelcomed) February 20, 2019
Chris Hemsworth's Agent: You wanna do the Hulk Hogan movie?
Chris: Eh, he's kind of a shmuck
Agent: We've been over this, you're only good at playing jacked guys with long blonde hair
Chris: I knoww but—
Agent: Look, we're running out of options
Chris:
Agent:
Chris: Okay fine— Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) February 20, 2019
casting chris hemsworth as a young hulk hogan in that biopic is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for hulk hogan pic.twitter.com/ku6YnjOvll
— Qᴜɪɴɴ (@QuinnKeaney) February 20, 2019
You: Chris Hemsworth will—
Me: 😍
You: —be starring in a film where he plays famous wrestler/infamous n——r hater Hulk Hogan. This movie will be produced by Bradley Cooper, whose eyes are too big for his head & who won’t stop crying about being “snubbed” for Best Director.
Me: pic.twitter.com/0xYpDG456S
— There are no “bad” foods! (@IWriteAllDay_) February 20, 2019
Chris Hemsworth to star as Hulk Hogan and Brad Pitt as Steve Buscemi I guess.
— Jay Kelley (@Doctor_Hue) February 21, 2019
The film reportedly will not cover the wrestler’s entire life to date, only the period in the 1980s that comprise the rise of Hulkamania.
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