Ric Aptitude would be the topic of a brand new biopic developed by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new studio. According to a report from TheWrap, Johnson, Dany Garcia, and Hiram Garcia will produce the movie alongside Combating with My Household producer Kevin Misher.
“As a kid who grew up in professional wrestling, I idolized, ‘The Nature Boy’ Ric Flair,” Johnson mentioned in a press release to TheWrap. “He was a hero to me. And once I broke into the wrestling business and began to spill my own sweat and blood – my reverence for Ric turned to respect. Because I realized just how rare and impossible it is to disrupt the wrestling business, culture and truly change the game – and that’s exactly what Ric Flair did. This project is personal, and we can’t wait to tell his unbelievable story. As always, thank you for the house, Ric.”
Aptitude is certainly one of wrestling’s most iconic personas, with a profession spanning over 50 years. The flamboyant “Nature Boy” persona dominated storylines from the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties — a profession that was almost reduce brief by a aircraft crash in 1978. Aptitude additionally wrestled in a match in North Korea in 1995, drawing the biggest crowd in skilled wrestling historical past.
Aptitude additionally has a deeply difficult historical past. He was one of many wrestlers on the 2002 “Plane Ride from Hell,” the place Aptitude was accused of forcing a feminine flight attendant to the touch his uncovered penis. The flight attendant later sued the WWE over the incident; the matter was settled out of courtroom. Aptitude has additionally handled a deep quantity of monetary hassle, at one level placing his NWA World Heavyweight Championship belt up as collateral on a loan.
