“The Wrestler” Gets to Roddy Piper, “All My Brothers Are DEAD”
Roddy Piper talks to Slam Wrestling about “The Wrestler”, says you hit the nail right on the head with that one.
“As someone who has been in the business for a long time, I don’t mind saying that the movie really got to me,” Piper said. “I had the chance to speak to Mickey, and I told him, ‘I don’t know what kinda research you did, but you hit the nail right on the head.’ What stood out to me as a wrestler was that at no time did that character ever get physical outside the ring. And that’s very typical; most of us are pretty soft outside of the ring.
“But even moreso than that, the thing that probably grabbed me the hardest was the way it ended. All my brothers (wrestling peers) are dead, man. So, at the end, it caught me because it just went to black, and that’s how it happens in our world. Look at Curt Hennig (who died in 2003 due to cocaine intoxication) — he was the picture of health. And boom! Black. Not fade to black, just black. I’ve been to so many funerals.”
“Thinking about the friends, the brothers I’ve lost, makes me feel lonesome. I lived with these guys, literally. I wonder why no-one on the outside catches on to what’s happening? I guess it’s because they don’t care. Read the full article here.
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