Kurt Russell Kicking Elvis Presley In The Shin

The future stars first movie saw him play an uncredited part in which he kicked elviss mike edwards in the shin twice.

Kurt russell kicking elvis presley in the shin. He says that finally elvis paid him 5 to do it. That hired foot belonged to a young kurt russell. Kurt russell began his film career at the age of 10 in an uncredited part as in elvis presleys it happened at the worlds fair. He says that finally elvis paid him 5 to do it and he did.

Kurt russell made his film debut at age 10 by kicking elvis presley in the shin in the movie it happened at the worlds fair 1963. Kurt russell in his screen debut plays the boy who kicks elvis presleys shins. While seeing the sights elvis makes the acquaintance of a lovely nurse whom he keeps trying to snare and this necessitates a hilarious and oft cited scene with a very young kurt russell as a kid at the fair who agrees to kick elvis hard in the shin for a quarter. Recalling the scene years later russell says that he didnt want to do it as elvis was such a huge star and russell was a fan of his.

Its a short sequence but its a lot of fun and quite ironic since russell would wind up playing presely himself in a 1977 tv movie. Kurt russell will be back this friday. Probably the most memorable scene from this movie involved presleys character bribing a kid to kick him in the shins. A favorite scene in the movie is when a ten year old kurt russell is paid by elvis character to kick him in the shins.

Russell would later go on to play elvis in the tv movie elvis 1979. Famously a young kurt russell who was only 10 years old at the time had a couple of scenes opposite the king. Russell would eventually portray elvis in a made for tv movie and overdub the. The 1960s saw elvis presleys hollywood years which included the 1963 movie it happened at the worlds fair.

Many years later kurt russell would portray presley in the tv movie elvis 1979 and also be the voice of elvis in forrest gump 1994. Recalling the scene years later russell says that he didnt want to do it as elvis was such a huge star and russell was a fan of his. Little did anyone dream that years later the same kurt russell would play elvis in the made for tv movie elvis and receive an outstanding lead actor emmy nomination for his portrayal.