158 - Gymkata
Added 2022-12-18 21:59:51 +0000 UTCTim and Jen try and fail to recall the name of Olympian swimmer Michael Phelps as they discuss Olympian gymnast Kurt Thomas’s sole feature film, Gymkata.
Jen’s half-assed inaccurate anecdote about Phelps being considered to play Tarzan is actually true, albeit not the way she told it. Producer Jerry Weintraub (no relation to Gymkata producer Fred Weintraub) believed that he’d found the new Johnny Weissmuller in Phelps. However, the swimmer’s appearance on SNL in 2008 immediately disabused him of that notion, as Phelps appeared to Weintraub as little more than a “goon.”
Seven-time Olympic gold medalist Mark Spitz has only five minor credits on IMDb, incidentally, none of which involve starring in a feature film. In case you were wondering.
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Tidbit!
Have You Seen This
2022-12-21 06:02:51 +0000 UTCMy inner Adam Friedland is forcing me to mention that Richard Norton was also in Fury Road, both as an actor and the fight choreographer.
Justin Riddle
2022-12-20 23:03:54 +0000 UTCYou can definitely see his balls in some of those handstand scenes.
Kyle Cassidy
2022-12-19 17:07:41 +0000 UTC
