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Originally Posted by St. Loser Diablo
It probably started out with one guy who noticed his name in the movie and he said, "Ya know, once I find the two other 'real' guys from this movie, we can file a lawsuit"....what a jackass.
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I very much doubt that....
I'm sure that sometime during the developmental stages of the script or when the rights to the screenplay was purchased by a movie studio- Richard approached his old high school chums and stated he'd been writing a movie about their high school days.
Response from one of the guys: "It'd be cool if you did."
I bet you anything, these guys knew before the movie ever hit the theaters and that they were going to be immortalized on the screen...I'm sure they must have thought it was the kewlest thing then.
And, I'm sure Richard got them to sign a waiver of some sort to release their true names. No writer in this world would ever attempt to use another's real identity without coming up a psuedo moniker in order to save face.