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Movie Writer Talks Roddy Piper Accepting Role In Horror Film Based On His Graphic Novel
- Updated: October 6, 2016
As noted, one of the late, great WWE Hall of Famer Roddy Piper’s last movie roles was the horror film, The Chair, in which he plays a vicious guard named Murphy. The film is based off Peter Simeti’s graphic novel which is about an innocent man on death row, who witnesses his fellow inmates get brutally murdered at the hands of the prison’s crazy warden. You can check out a trailer in the video above, Simeti sent us the following regarding the film:
CASTING MY CHILDHOOD HERO – RODDY PIPER
Even if you don’t like horror thrillers, comic books, supporting indie creators, or all of the above – get a ticket to see The CHAIR because Roddy Piper was freaking brilliant in it and the performance deserves to be seen.
Let me take a step back a bit and explain that, for the sake of full disclosure, The CHAIR is based on a comic book I wrote back in 2006 to 2008. But don’t see it because I wrote it. After all, who even cares about who the hell I am? I’m just another comic creator working a 16 hour day – who I am hardly matters at all to the point of this story. I was fortunate enough to be able to cast the film and I immediately knew that I wanted to cast the actors that I loved as a kid.
Of course, I started out the traditional way – by sending letters and emails to agents. Well, that got nowhere fast.
After being tired of playing the waiting game, I took matters into my own hands and contacted people on facebook and twitter. Some responded, some didn’t, some said yes, and some said no. Some of the rejections were from ridiculously nice folks like Tony Todd, Doug Jones, Mark Hamill, Viggo Mortensen, Brian Thompson, Loren Lester, Phil Lamarr, Kevin Conroy, Lew Temple, Clint Howard, Billy Drago – the list goes on and on. Everyone that responded was kind and courteous and every rejection blew my mind because these were all people I loved when I was growing up. The people that said yes, though – the ones that actually are IN the film – …
