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Bob Probert - Method Actor?
Ex-Wing Bob Probert: from grinder to movie star?
Former Red Wing Bob Probert got to rub elbows with Hollywood types while playing a small role in the Mike Myers comedy "The Love Guru" -- like Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend, Jessica Biel, and Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies.
"Mini-Me was a super guy," Probie told NHL.com. "He's actually from Michigan and he's a big Red Wing fan.
"He's not very tall, eh? ... He has a box he stands on and it's painted red and it's got a big Red Wing on it. When I first met him, he mentioned how he grew up watching the Red Wings and myself and he was a big fan. He was just an awesome, awesome guy."
Everybody on the set loved Probert, too, according to hockey choreographer Mark Ellis.
"Except, of course, when it came to filming the big fight scene in the movie," Ellis said. "... We just said, 'Everybody go on the ice, everybody just team up with somebody and we'll just talk about how each individual fight is going to go.'
"For some reason, nobody wanted to team up with Bob. ... So we had to draw the short straw and some young kid ended up with it."
Where's Tie Domi when you need him?
"I was supposed to make it as realistic as I could and knock his helmet off," Probert said. "Anyways, it was an uppercut and I kind of dinged him in the eye and he was sporting a shiner for the next week or so.
"He was kind of happy about it. He was like, 'Look what I got from Probie.' "
Remember, it's the thought that counts.
Former Red Wing Bob Probert got to rub elbows with Hollywood types while playing a small role in the Mike Myers comedy "The Love Guru" -- like Justin Timberlake and his girlfriend, Jessica Biel, and Verne Troyer, best known for playing Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies.
"Mini-Me was a super guy," Probie told NHL.com. "He's actually from Michigan and he's a big Red Wing fan.
"He's not very tall, eh? ... He has a box he stands on and it's painted red and it's got a big Red Wing on it. When I first met him, he mentioned how he grew up watching the Red Wings and myself and he was a big fan. He was just an awesome, awesome guy."
Everybody on the set loved Probert, too, according to hockey choreographer Mark Ellis.
"Except, of course, when it came to filming the big fight scene in the movie," Ellis said. "... We just said, 'Everybody go on the ice, everybody just team up with somebody and we'll just talk about how each individual fight is going to go.'
"For some reason, nobody wanted to team up with Bob. ... So we had to draw the short straw and some young kid ended up with it."
Where's Tie Domi when you need him?
"I was supposed to make it as realistic as I could and knock his helmet off," Probert said. "Anyways, it was an uppercut and I kind of dinged him in the eye and he was sporting a shiner for the next week or so.
"He was kind of happy about it. He was like, 'Look what I got from Probie.' "
Remember, it's the thought that counts.
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