Casting the Hulk Hogan movie

3. The Big Show as Andre the Giant

Few people in the world could convincingly play Andre the Giant.

While modern-day special effects can go a long way toward portraying people as much bigger or smaller than they actually are, it’s nonetheless a tough sell for anyone to capture the aura of a real-life giant, and especially to cast a role like Andre the Giant, and have the actor appear at scale to be so much bigger than someone like Chris Hemsworth, the way Andre dwarfed Hulk Hogan.

In the end, a choice like The Big Show would be the natural fit for this spot for having the appropriate size, not to mention the wrestling lineage that he in so many ways inherited from Andre. Show was originally hinted at being Andre’s son in WCW and represents a similar vibe of a genuine giant who used his size to build a long career as a spectacle in the wrestling business.

More practical concerns aside, Show is one of the few people wrestling fans would readily accept in this important role.