MCU Star Sebastian Stan Wants To Play Ric Flair In Film Biopic

With a Ric Flair biopic in the works, Sebastian Stan is eyeing the Nature Boy role.

by Andrew Pollard
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Just over a year ago, it was revealed by Ric Flair that Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks production company and WWE were teaming up to develop a movie based on the incredible life of the Nature Boy. And if Sebastian Stan gets his way, he’ll be the one stepping up to play Naitch.

Speaking to Collider to promote his latest film Monday, Stan – a lifelong pro wrestling fan – confirmed that he wants himself and Cobra Kai’s Paul Walter Hauser to play Ric Flair and Arn Anderson on the silver screen.

As the MCU favourite enthused:

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“We’ve got to do that Ric Flair and [Arn] Anderson biopic. You have to have interviewed [Hauser] at some point, right? He’s so funny. I mean, he’s such a big wrestling fan, you know, and I was a big wrestling fan, too, growing up. Like, I love WWF and stuff. And we both have a kip-up. So, maybe Ric Flair. I’ll do it in a second if they let me.”

If Sebastian Stan should somehow end up playing the legendary Ric Flair, he wouldn’t be the first MCU actor to portray one of the wrestling world’s biggest names. At present, Thor star Chris Hemsworth is getting himself bulked up to play Hulk Hogan in the Hulkster biopic that Netflix is developing.

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Once described as the Swiss Army Knife of WhatCulture, Andrew can usually be found writing, editing, or presenting on a wide range of topics. As a lifelong wrestling fan, horror obsessive, and comic book nerd, he's been covering those topics professionally as far back as 2010. In addition to his current WhatCulture role of Senior Content Producer, Andrew previously spent nearly a decade as Online Editor and Lead Writer for the world's longest-running genre publication, Starburst Magazine, and his work has also been featured on BBC, TechRadar, Tom's Guide, WhatToWatch, Sportkskeeda, and various other outlets, in addition to being a Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic. Between his main day job, his role as the lead panel host of Wales Comic Con, and his gig as a pre-match host for Wrexham AFC games, Andrew has also carried out a hugely varied amount of interviews, from the likes of Robert Englund, Kane Hodder, Adrienne Barbeau, Rob Zombie, Katharine Isabelle, Leigh Whannell, Bruce Campbell, and Tony Todd, to Kevin Smith, Ron Perlman, Elijah Wood, Giancarlo Esposito, Simon Pegg, Charlie Cox, the Russo Brothers, and Brian Blessed, to Kevin Conroy, Paul Dini, Tara Strong, Will Friedle, Burt Ward, Andrea Romano, Frank Miller, and Rob Liefeld, to Bret Hart, Sting, Mick Foley, Ricky Starks, Jamie Hayer, Britt Baker, Eric Bischoff, and William Regal, to Mickey Thomas, Joey Jones, Phil Parkinson, Brian Flynn, Denis Smith, Gary Bennett, Karl Connolly, and Bryan Robson - and that's just the tip of an ever-expanding iceberg. Where his beloved Wrexham AFC is concerned, Andrew is co-host of the Fearless in Devotion podcast, which won the Club Podcast of the Year gong at the 2024 FSA Awards.