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Wrestle Mania

The superhero worlds of DC and Marvel will collide in the unlikely setting of a wrestling ring when Thor actor Chris Hemsworth teams up with Joker co-writer and director Todd Phillips for a biopic of the WWF icon Hulk Hogan.

“This movie is going to be a during a recent video call from his home in Australia. “As you can imagine, the preparation for the role will be insanely physical. I will have to put on more size than I have ever put on before; even more than I put on for . And then there is the accent, as well as the physicality and the attitude. I will also have to do a deep dive into the rabbit hole of the wrestling world, which I’m really looking forward to doing.”

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