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Modine's comment on Madonna; Frank Jasper's weight cuts and wrestle-off audition; Schoeffling's wrestling background; Modine's Venice Beach fan story
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- Research read on air quotes Modine a couple of years ago saying Madonna looked like Boy George and people were not impressed despite producers predicting stardom.
- Research read on air says Frank Jasper was a trainer and bodybuilder who cut to about 189, never reached 168, and had to cut again for reshoots.
- Research read on air says he got the part by hanging around the shoot, then winning a wrestle-off against another candidate in front of the producers and director.
- He shows little range and it was not a launching-pad part, though he moved to L.A.
- Research read on air says the actor who played Cooch was an accomplished wrestler who won freestyle gold with a U.S. junior team in 1978, scaled back to lose to Modine, and left the business by about 1990.
- Research read on air says that about 25 years later Modine told the Spokane paper that a driver jumped from a moving car in Venice Beach to say Vision Quest saved his life.