SD! Star’s Big Movie Audition, Stone Cold At Fontana Race

February 22, 2010

SlashFilm.com has posted following article: "Pro wrestler Shad Gaspard (part of the WWE tag-team Cryme Tyme) revealed over the weekend that he had auditioned for the role of Ukafa, the main villain in Marcus Nispel’s upcoming remake of Conan the Barbarian.

Gaspard is 29-years-old, 6′7 feet tall and weighs 285 lbs, so he definitely is big enough for the role… but is he a good actor? Aside from The Rock and a couple others, pro restlers are notoriously bad in the feature film arena. Shad hasn’t appeared in any feature films as of yet, but while attending Georgia Perimeter College, he took Film classes, including scene and improv study."

Thanks to Koko Nalby for sending this in:

I just came from the Sprint Cup Race at Fontana (2/21) and Stone Cold Steve Austin was there as the honorary Grand Marshall. He did a Q and A at the Dale Earnheart Experience tent to promote his hosting of Raw in March. During the race, they also did an on-air interview with him.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.