| Fun Facts About Kurt Russell | - Snake Plissken, the (anti)hero of Escape From New York (1981) and Escape From LA (1996) is Kurt Russell's favourite character of all he's played.
- Kurt was best man at Ted Nugent’s wedding.
- Rode along with the Chicago Fire Dept.'s Squad 5 in preparation for his role in BACKDRAFT (1991).
- He and his Tombstone (1993) co-star, Val Kilmer, have both played Elvis Presley. Val Kilmer played him in True Romance (1993), while Russell played him in a television movie, and provided his voice in Forrest Gump (1994). In Tombstone (1993), he plays Wyatt Earp. In 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001), he works with Kevin Costner, who played the role a mere six months later in the film Wyatt Earp (1994).
- Kate Hudson named her son Ryder Russell Robinson. The middle name is an homage to Kurt, whom Hudson always considered to be her father.
- Was the best man at Ted Nugent's wedding
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