From the Games to the Screen: Olympic Athletes who went Hollywood

He can also console himself with the knowledge that he starred in one of the most bizarre, nonsensical and utterly awesome Olympics-inspired movies of all time: "Gymkata." There's this top-secret martial arts competition, see? And the US government sends him to compete -- TO THE DEATH! And yes, high kicks from a pommel-horse like structure in the middle of a medieval town are key to his survival.