exchemist
Valued Senior Member
I seem to recall Sean Connery was a body-building Edinburgh milkman, who got himself a stage role as an extra in "South Pacific" because he could do handstands.Definitely. But many stars have come from sports. Jason Statham was a competitive diver before turning his hand to acting. Apparently not making the '88 or '92 Olympic team is a bit of a sore point for him. Okay, that's one star coming from sports. But, still, point made, clearly!(Then there's Vinnie Jones, of course!)
And, as said, a number of very successful actors have come from the Wrestling theatre. And Arnie was a world-renown body-builder, of course.
Anyhoo, this is a good article (by the BBC, naturally
Chuck Norris memes were undefeated for a generation of young fans
Chuck Norris became an inadvertent source of humour for a viral online celebration of his movie tough-guy persona.www.bbc.co.uk