WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has revealed that there’s currently a movie in the works about his amateur wrestling career.
Prior to joining WWE, Angle won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics “with a broken freakin’ neck.”
Speaking on WFAN, Angle noted that a script has been written for a biopic about his Olympic career, which they’re shopping around.
Angle said:
“I got a movie going on, I’m really proud of this. It’s a really great story. It’s about a kid from the streets of Pittsburgh who overcomes all these obstacles, including a broken neck, to win the Olympic gold medal.
“It’s only about my Olympic career, it’s not about my pro wrestling career. The directors are Ian and Eshom Nelms. They want this movie to be like a ‘Rocky’ type feel with a little bit of ‘The Fighter’ and ‘Iron Claw’ mixed in.
“I’m really excited about it. I’m going to be working behind the scenes for the first time. I won’t be in front of the camera. I’m really excited for the world to see it. We want to release it in theaters. It’s going to be a lot of fun for me. It’s probably the most excited I’ve been since the Olympics.
“Right now, we just got the script done. We’re shopping for investors, which shouldn’t be a problem. After that, we pick the cast. This is going to happen probably in the next three months. We have a few (casting candidates), I can’t say any names, but we have a few good names we’re thinking about.”
Kurt Angle recently praised an AEW match as ‘one to remember’, which you can read more about right here.
Transcription via Fightful.
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