Kevin Nash is a member twice from the WWE renowned temple, first for his diesel career in the promotion of Vince McMahon, then for his time in WCW as one of the founding members of the NWO. Nash is a world champion on several occasions and one of the biggest names to have ever accessed the ring. With this popularity, the opportunities presented themselves outside the ring, as Hollywood came to call. Kevin Nash played a support role in a number of great films, but none has a story as shocking as what happened to Nash during a 2004 film scene The Punisher. On the camera, the star of the film, Thomas Jane, stabbed the wrestling icon with a knife which was supposed to be an accessory. This was not the case. Jane ended up stabbing Nash for real, and if the blade had been a little lower, he would not be with us today.
Update: 2025/03/13 17:00 is by Shawn Van Horn
For wrestling fans, Kevin Nash will always be remembered for his WWE stay as a diesel, before jumping the ship to WCW and helped form the NWO with Hulk Hogan and Scott Hall. Although he is a world champion on several occasions, Nash has also found work as an actor in everything, John Wick has Magic Mike. However, it was a small role in The Punisher It may be his most memorable, because he was accidentally stabbed by the star of the film, Thomas Jane. Two decades later, Kevin Nash had a lot to say about his role of redesign of Russian Deadpool and Wolverine.
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Kevin Nash’s acting career outside the fight
Big Sexy shared the screen with Keanu Reeves & Channing Tatum
- Super shredder Ninja Turtles II Mutant Teenage was played by Kevin Nash.
- Kevin Nash, Goldberg and Steve Austin were in The longest courtyard.
- Kevin Nash was in each entrance to the Magic Mike trilogy.
Kevin Nash may not be the rock, John Cena or Dave Bautista with regard to an actor CV, but he still has a fairly impressive second career. His very first film role was to play Super Shredder in 1991 Ninja Turtles II Mutant Teenage: the secret of the ooze. In 2005, he was The longest courtyardWith Adam Sandler and several other wrestlers, such as Goldberg and Steve Austin. In 2014, he played a small but important role in the first John Wick Film, where he had a scene with Keanu Reeves.
His best job could be in Channing Tatum Magic Mike Trilogy like Ernest, a male stripper called Tarzan on stage. It seems silly on paper, but Nash has shown how much he can be an actor with good material as an aging man trying to hang on a career in the world of a younger man.
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Kevin Nash remembers having been stabbed on the set of “The Punisher”
A real knife was accidentally used during a scene
- Kevin Nash played “The Russian” in The Punisher.
- Thomas Jane and Kevin Nash share a combat scene.
- Kevin Nash was stabbed when a real knife was not switched to an accessory.
Between all this, Kevin Nash had a small role playing the villain with blond hair known as “The Russian” in the 2004 film The PunisherBased on Marvel comics of the same name. During the film, the Russian has a combat scene with our hero, Frank Castle, played by Thomas Jane. It is a fight as we have already seen, the two men have blows, including the Punisher taking a butterfly knife and scraping him in the shoulder of Russian, which does not phase it at all. This should have removed it because Nash was accidentally stabbed with a real knife.
In 2022, on his kliq this podcast, his co-host Sean Oliver asked Kevin Nash what he thought when he was accidentally stabbed The Punisher. He sums it up perfectly by saying: “OW”, before developing. There were two butterfly knives on the set, a real one that Thomas Jane would hold before the stabbing scene, then a propeller knife with a retractable blade to use for the time of a stab. Nash said he had been stabbed in the collarbone with the real knife instead of the Prop. If the goal had been a few centimeters below, Kevin Nash would have had serious problems. So how did it happen? Nash said:
“The guy of the propeller is there sniffing this Asian girl **, you know, trying to make his number, and does not change the knives, and I take one in the collarbone.”
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Thomas Jane calls Kevin Nash “a bad day”
Was Kevin Nash angry with Thomas Jane?
Also in 2022, during an appearance in the Rich Eisen Show, Thomas Jane was invited to be part of the story of Kevin Nash in The Punisher was true. Jane admitted, saying:
“It was a bad day. I must tell you, when I was stamped, and grab the propago knife, and he is there, and I plunge him into his chest … And it’s stabbed, and I’m fine, and I’m looking at the knife, I’m looking at him. Guy will make me cross the room. Just by a reflex. (H / T Wrestling Inc.))
Kevin Nash obtains fair and unjust criticisms for certain moments of his career, such as the FingerPoke of Doom or tears it away The Punisher And lived to talk about it, but they didn’t even start when it happened?
Russian has been resumed in “Deadpool & Wolverine”
Billy Clements is the new Russian
- Kevin Nash said Russian Deadpool and Wolverine does not look like him.
- Nash said that the cast of Billy Clements was a service to someone.
- Billy Clements responded to Kevin Nash and described his performance the result of hard work.
Twenty years later The PunisherRussian has returned to its red and white striped shirt for the brand for 2024 Deadpool and Wolverine. This time, however, it was not played by Kevin Nash, but by an actor and veteran of stuntman named Billy Clements. On his kliq this podcast, Kevin Nash was invited to what he thought was to be overwhelmed. He said:
“It doesn’t look like the character I have played. It doesn’t look like Russian in any way. It seems that they have been doing someone.
“I love it when people say:” Oh, Nash is lagging behind for the games of the film. “Hey, guys, once again, I’m 65 years old (H / T Comicbookmovie.com))
Although Kevin Nash was joking a little, his comments on the fact that Billy Clements is in service was a low blow that reduced the capacity of the actor. Clements responded to Nash words On his Instagram account In a video entitled “No favors given – just hard work”, jokingly saying that he thought that Nash’s performance The Punisher was brilliant and incredible, while saying that he had seen it a hundred times. Added keyments:
“I really worked hard to get this role, you know. Trained seven years, I started from a supplement at the bottom of the pile. Doing everything I can, an audition after hearing after hearing, just doing the best to get to where I could. To finally get this role was an honor. You know, it meant for me, everything in the world. (H / t Slash))
Take a look at Billy Clements and you will see that he is not someone to play with, despite his polishing in his video. Fortunately, there was no report from Deadpool and Wolverine He is stabbed by Ryan Reynolds or Hugh Jackman.
