Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Gamers You Might Have Played With

05. Christian Slater (PC)

How many actors can say that they starred in a two-hour Nintendo Commercial? OK that was a cheap shot, but then again since The Wizard has become something of a cult classic since its 1989 theatrical release, perhaps that credit just adds to his gamer chops?

The Wizard (AKA Game Over in Finland, Joy Stick Heroes in Germany, Sweet Road in Japan, and Gameboy in Sweden) can claim a lot of significant firsts...

It introduced the Nintendo Power Glove controller - seriously that was really a thing, they didn't just make it up for the movie - and introduced Super Mario Brothers 3 to North America. It also included a list of video games that featured in the movie that sampled every genre then in existence, and held the record for the most video games featured in a movie for quite a few years.

While he admits to having been into video games as a teen, life and a career pulled him away from that recreational pastime. That is until he sat down to prepare for his role in the film interpretation of video game Alone in the Dark and an unnamed co-star got him hooked on World of Warcraft.

It may interest you to know that Christian Slater has a Bacon Number of 1 thanks to his appearance with Bacon in the film Murder in the First (1995) while all of his Wizard co-stars get a Bacon number of 2 thanks to him - now THAT is fame!

Posted: 4th Jun 2014 by CMBF
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