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Hulk Hogan Reveals Why Netflix Biopic With Chris Hemsworth Was Canned
ComicBook.comStory by Haley Miller
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Hulk Hogan reveals why Netflix's planned biopic with Chris Hemsworth as the WWE legend was canned, despite a dark and Oscar-worthy script.
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- The script was written by Joker's Todd Phillips and described as the 'best thing I've ever written' by co-writer Scott Silver, with the potential for Hemsworth to win an Oscar.
- Hogan explained that the biopic was 'very, very dark' and would have taken fans up to the point where he turned heel as 'Hollywood Hogan' and left the WWE for WCW.
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Hulk Hogan, Chris Hemsworth, Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Janel Grant, John Laurinaitis, Netflix, WWE, WCW, A24, Hulk Hogan biopic, Joker, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Iron Claw, Mr. McMahon