Matthew McGrory Dies[views:2692][posts:11]________________________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 1:35am - whiskey_weed_and_women ""] LOS ANGELES - Matthew McGrory, the deep-voiced 7-foot-plus actor who moved from appearances on Howard Stern's radio show to a high-profile role as a gentle giant in the movie "Big Fish," has died. He was 32. McGrory died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles, said director Drew Sky, who was working with him on his current movie, a biopic of wrestler-turned-actor Andre the Giant. Paramedics determined he died of apparent natural causes, police said. McGrory, who had size 29 1/2 shoes, appeared on Stern's show in the 1990s and received other attention from the national media even before he became an actor. He attended law school and showed up in music videos before starting his career in Hollywood B-movies. He played a human Sasquatch in 2001's "Bubble Boy," an alien in "Men In Black II" (2002) and Tiny in the Rob Zombie horror movies "House of 1000 Corpses" (2003) and its sequel released this year, "The Devil's Rejects." His big break in Hollywood came in 2003 with Tim Burton-directed "Big Fish." Ewan McGregor's character refuses to be intimidated by the size of McGrory's Karl character, walking up to shake his hand. Sky said he first met McGrory at a bar in 2000 and had been filming "Andre: Heart of the Giant" on and off for six months. He said that McGrory, who was from West Chester, Pa., felt a connection with the man he was playing, wrestler and "The Princess Bride" actor Andre Rousimmoff, who died in 1993. "He felt the same way, that he would do anything just to be a person of regular size one day a week, where people don't have to stare at him, where he could go see a regular movie and walk down the street," Sky said. McGrory's family and girlfriend declined immediate comment. [img] |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 1:37am - Dissector ""] Yeah I jsut read this somewhere else. This really sucks. Total bummer. |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 1:42am - RichHorror ""] Holy shit. |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 4:12am - DEATH2ALL ""] bigfoot |
| ____________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 10:12am - yodaslab ""] RIP big man, how did he die? |
| ___________________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 10:55am - dan_bloodblister ""] sad |
| ___________________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 11:49am - dan_bloodblister ""] but seriously, that dude had to be packing like 22 inches. maybe he choked on it in his sleep |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 12:57pm - powerkok ""] Noooooo! not Tiny!!! |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 1:03pm - ~Carina~ ""] aww that sucks he died of natural causes considering his situation .. he always knew he'd die young too sucks |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 1:27pm - dreadkill ""] andre the giant knew he'd die young too, so he lived it up. he lived kind of long for a giant. sad to hear about tiny. he was great in big fish. at least he made the most of his short life. |
| ___________________________________ [Aug 11,2005 2:52pm - ~Carina~ ""] i actually met andre the giant quite a few times...i was a kid but he was so nice to us all |
| _____________________________________________ [Nov 9,2006 9:52am - hotflowersnevercool ""] did he actually become one of the worlds tallest men? |