Casting the Hulk Hogan movie

9. Sean William Scott as Roddy Piper

Sean William Scott could capture some of the spirit of Roddy Piper.

When fans try to characterize the mid-1980s to early 1990s period in WWE history, when Hulkamania ran wild, one of the first places they’ll typically go is the muscled up super humans of the era.

A number of top stars were guys theorized to be (and often enough, in reality) using steroids to achieve their tremendous muscle mass. Roddy Piper is one of the truest icons from that era who didn’t look that part.

Sure, he was big and strong by any conventional standards, but he didn’t have the same level of bulging biceps as other top names of the day. Instead, his biggest claim to fame was his mouth. He was skilled talker, and particularly as a heel during this period, he played an optimal early foil for Hogan for his over the top insults on the mic.

Sean William Scott doesn’t have the look of a wrestler, but if he can bulk up even a little, he’d come into reasonable enough proportion with Chris Hemsorth to play Piper against his Hogan. More importantly, the kind of over the top personality he showed in roles like Stiffler from the American Pie movies would do Piper justice in this film.