Natalya names the dream casting choices she would make in a potential Hart family movie.
With the success of A24's movie "The Iron Claw" chronicling a version of the story of the Von Erich family, discussion of further biopics covering wrestling personalities has been more frequent.
On January 24, 2024, Fightful Select disclosed that Natalya was in talks with a movie production company about the possibility of making a film on the Hart family. The article also stated that casting ideas for the project have been considered.
During a recent appearance on the Lightweights podcast, Nattie opened up about her dream casting choices, including wanting Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney to portray her in a hypothetical film.
"Well, it's funny because like, I love Sydney Sweeney. So I'm like, 'Sydney Sweeney should play Nattie.' I think Sydney Sweeney should play me. I think she's so talented. She's so pretty. So like, I'm gonna go with somebody that's really pretty," she said with a laugh.
As for her father, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, Natalya believes that noted wrestling fan and Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser would be perfect for the role.
"I love Paul Walter Hauser and I think he's so talented, but I love that he loves wrestling," she said. "He is a huge wrestling fan and he loves the industry. He's passionate about it. He's wrestled. In his acceptance speech at the Emmys, he called out Matt Cardona in his acceptance speech and was like because he's getting ready to have a match with him. Paul, Walter Hauser loves wrestling. He has so much respect for wrestling, but the more I look at old footage of my dad, the more that I'm like, 'Oh my god, Paul would be a great Jim Neidhart. I've said this before, but I can't unsee Paul as my dad, I think he would play such a great Jim Neidhart. When I start fantasy casting, I would cast Paul."
As for the rest of her illustrious family and names such as Bret Hart Owen Hart and Davey Boy Smith, Nattie says the different possibilities are what makes a potential movie about the Hart family so exciting.
"There's so many different people that I would think like, who would play my grandfather? My grandfather. He's such a stoic, handsome man, and then I think about my grandmother, Helen Hart. Who would play her? She was such a beautiful woman. So there's so much meat on the bone," she says. "I think, when you think Hart family, people go directly to like, just Bret, Owen, my dad, Davey. There's so much to my family. I think that's what makes our family special. That's why something like a movie on our family, there's just so many possibilities."
Natalya also spoke to Sean Ross Sapp recently about a potential Hart Family movie. Learn more here.
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