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Do they ever say his name?

posted 4 years ago by kuatorises (7467)
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Piper is credited as "Nada", but I don't think ANYONE calls or refers to him by name the entire movie. Just watched it again and swore I didn't hear his name mentioned once.

Also, Piper was built like a brick house in this movie. I remember him most from his WCW days. I do remember him in the WWF, but I was pretty young. I don't remember him being this jacked, but damn. Looks the part for sure.

[–] Callahan7 (1187) 2 years ago

"Roddy Piper's character never gives his name nor is he referred to by name throughout the entire movie. He is simply listed as "Nada" in the credits, a reference to the character George Nada in Ray Faraday Nelson's short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning", from which the film was adapted."

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096256/trivia/?ref_=tt_ql_trv

[–] cyguration (3951) 2 years ago

Also, Piper was built like a brick house in this movie. I remember him most from his WCW days. I do remember him in the WWF, but I was pretty young. I don't remember him being this jacked, but damn. Looks the part for sure.

He was always pretty big looking in the films he played in, but looked medium/smallish in the ring compared to other behemoths like Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, or Greg The Hammer Valentine. The thing is, Piper was a big guy, but in the ring he was always paired up with even bigger guys, so he didn't look quite as jacked. Kind of crazy how big pro wrestlers used to be.