History OneOfUS / FilmNerds

* Creator/OsamuTezuka liked the Disney movies, having claimed to have watched ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' 80 times in the theater when he was younger.

** Creator/OsamuTezuka too.

* Creator/JamieLeeCurtis regularly plays ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' as admitted in [[http://www.reddit.com/r/Kappa/comments/2sxvqc/jamie_lee_curtis_mains_cammy/ an interview]] on Washington DC's local FOX station and actually attended [[UsefulNotes/FightingGameCommunity EVO 2015]] cosplaying as Vega for anonymity. She did the same with Blizzcon 2015, wearing a [[https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/663177295629193217/ Forsaken mask]] this time. She's also a fan of ''Franchise/OnePiece'', citing Chopper as her favourite character and Robin as the character she'd love to play someday, was excited to go see the dub of ''Anime/OnePieceFilmGold'', and is seriously lobbying to play the part of Dr. Kureha in the upcoming live action adaptation (only because, in her words, she's "a ''bit'' too old" for Robin).

** He continued watching new films that came out throughout his life. While he was rather underwhelmed by ''Film/ANewHope'' (he was impressed by the special effects and saw the new developments in that area as a good sign for the future of science fiction, but considered the story too predictable and therefore not suspenseful enough for a serious film, and not funny enough for a comedic film), he did enjoy ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.

* Freddie Prinze Jr. of ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' and the television series ''24'' said in a GameTrailers interview about his character in ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' mentioned that he is a big sci-fi and video game nerd, [[PromotedFanboy being a fan of the first two]] ''Franchise/MassEffect'' [[PromotedFanboy games]]. Makes sense, considering he's married to Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer actress Gellar. He's also a huge pro wrestling fan and appeared at WWE events numerous times before officially being brought in as a writer for the Smackdown brand. He parted ways with the WWE in 2009 but around a year later came back as a producer and director.

* Creator/SimuLiu Is a huge fan of ''Franchise/{{Starcraft}}'' and has played it since he was younger. [[PromotedFanboy This led him to be cast as one voice actor]] for the up-coming [[RealTimeStrategy RTS]], ''Stormgate'', made by ex-[[Creator/BlizzardEntertainment Blizzard developers]].

** He was also a big fan of the original ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Mirage}}'', and helped familiarize Judith Hoag (who played April in the first TMNT movie) with the property.

* Creator/BenAffleck played ''[=DnD=]'' as a kid with his best friend Creator/MattDamon. He's also a major comic book fan, especially of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}},'' so much so that he jumped at a chance to play the character in [[Film/{{Daredevil}} the movie adaption]]. It later became the one movie he regretted, because he felt it was such a poor treatment of the character. Apparently, Affleck is also a big VideoGame/DukeNukem fan, and there was a rumor at one point he was gonna play him in a movie. A rumor, mind you.

* Ian Mcdiarmid, best known for playing Darth Sidious from ''Franchise/StarWars'', has confessed to liking ComicBook/{{Batman}}.

* And Ian Mcdiarmid (Darth Sidious) has confessed to liking ComicBook/{{Batman}}.

* Creator/MichaelBay is a huge anime fan, and says that was part of why he agreed to direct the ''{{Film/Transformers}}'' movies.

* Aileen Quinn of ''[[Film/Annie1982 Annie]]'' fame enjoyed ''VideoGame/{{Pitfall}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Centipede}}'' on the UsefulNotes/Atari2600, expressing her enthusiasm in a letter to the editor for [[https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Fun_with_Computer_Games_Vol_01_No_04_1983-02_Fun_Games_Publishing_US/page/n7?q=%22aileen+quinn%22 a 1983 issue]] of ''Electronic Fun''.

** Oh, and he's producing the UsefulNotes/XboxLive ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'' TV series.

* Creator/BobClampett was so impressed by Creator/SalvadorDali that his cartoon ''WesternAnimation/PorkyInWackyland'' was a direct homage to Dali's paintings. He also loved comic books, which can be seen in many of his cartoons, particularly ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatPiggybankRobbery''.

* Creator/SimuLiu Is a huge fan of ''Franchise/{{Starcraft}}'' and has played it since he was younger. [[PromotedFanboy This led him to be cast as one voice actor]] for the up-coming [[RealTimeStrategy RTS]], ''Stormgate'', made by ex-Blizzard developpers.

* Creator/EdgarWright has been quoted as saying on his TV show ''Spaced'', "It's a show by geeks, for geeks." Also, he casually mentions the difference between the Green Goblin and Hobgoblin on the commentary track to ''Film/HotFuzz''. And this is before we get to Film/ScottPilgrim.

* Creator/AndrewGarfield is a '''huge''' ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' fan. One could tell by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_nHhlBFs2k this bit at SDCC]] where he took to the Q&A mic in a fan-made Spider-Man costume, gushing about how excited he was to be at his first Comic-Con and how inspirational Spider-Man was to him growing up. Not to mention he actually shed tears when donning the movie Spider-Man suit for the first time. Doubles as PromotedFanboy.

* Creator/BenAffleck played ''[=DnD=]'' as a kid with his best friend Creator/MattDamon. He's also a major comic book fan, especially of ''Comicbook/{{Daredevil}},'' so much so that he jumped at a chance to play the character in [[Film/{{Daredevil}} the movie adaption]]. It later became the one movie he regretted, because he felt it was such a poor treatment of the character. Apparently, Affleck is also a big VideoGame/DukeNukem fan, and there was a rumor at one point he was gonna play him in a movie. A rumor, mind you.

* If there's anyone that could be described as a full-fledged nerd, it's Creator/ChristianBale. He's got everything in him to be a [[TroperDemographics troper]]: he is an avid reader of Franchise/{{Batman}} comics, plays games (especially ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''), watches {{Anime}} and dubbed [[Anime/HowlsMovingCastle an Oscar-nominated one at that]]... Oh, and he goes to the Internet (Specifically Website/YouTube among other places) to watch people talk about him. It's both ironic and funny when you think about his role in ''Film/TerminatorSalvation''. Because as we all know, John Connor was quite a geek in his teenage day too (from what we can see in the second film at least). ''Another'' nod to his geekdom: he seems to be pumped up about being able to play Solid Snake in a ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' film.

* The Gyllenhaals (Creator/{{Maggie|Gyllenhaal}} and Jake), both colossal nerds. There was an interview where Reese Witherspoon mentioned that Jake won over her son, a big ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' fan, by giving him toys and such Maggie had gotten from ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' set. And while filming ''Film/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime'', Jake played through [[VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheSandsOfTime the game]] a few times, to get the feel of the Prince's movements, and occasionally asked filmmakers if they could get a specific move in.

* Creator/JohnBoyega loves anime. Among his favorite series are ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', and ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. Later, when fancasting him as [[Franchise/GreenLantern John Stewart]] gained steam, Boyega objected...because he would rather play ComicBook/RedHood.

* Creator/MaxLandis, son of famed director John Landis and scriptwriter for ''Film/{{Chronicle}}'', is at the very least aware of Website/TVTropes, as can be seen by him comment [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?src_vid=xwtdMzQtG9s&annotation_id=annotation_945638&feature=iv&v=cH2jsabYulI here]]. He has also made a short film discussing Comicbook/TheDeathOfSuperman and written a [[Fanfic/TheShockerLegit fanfic]] about ''Spider-Man'' villain The Shocker. He's even written [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2137 an SCP]] for the ''Website/SCPFoundation''!

** Sold a truly gigantimous comic book collection during his marriage to Lisa Marie Presley. Named his kid [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Kal-El]]. Collects geodes. Has a tattoo of ''ComicBook/GhostRider''. Might have played Superman, had ''Superman Lives'' not fallen through. Hell, he takes his screen name from ''[[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage, Power Man]]''! It's a gag very close to the truth in comic-fan circles, that his role as Johnny "Help, my head's on fire!" Blaze was the result of auditioning for ''every comic book movie going'' until they gave him one.

* And Ian Mcdiarmid (Darth Sidious) has confessed to liking Franchise/{{Batman}}.

* Creator/TomHiddleston is pretty much the biggest Shakespeare nerd outside of Creator/KennethBranagh and academic professors. And he fanboys for [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Loki]] like crazy in interviews, to the point where some people think it's contributed to Loki's MisaimedFandom. And he has confessed that he once ran around impersonating a velociraptor from ''Film/JurassicPark''. He also wrote [[http://comicbook.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/hiddleston-letter.png a fan letter]] to Kieron Gillen, writer of ''Journey into Mystery'', praising him for his portrayal of Kid Loki.

* Creator/BrieLarson is an avid gamer, having [[http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/11/random_brie_larson_reveals_she_wants_to_make_a_metroid_movie_after_dressing_as_samus_for_halloween cosplayed]] as [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Zero Suit Samus]] for Halloween and expressed her wish to one day work on a Metroid film, something that many fans also hope to see. Her love for Nintendo is so big that she often interacts with Nintendo of America President Doug Bowser on Twitter, and even shot [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpV3bVN6Y_c a commercial]] for ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''. She's also expressed a love for ''Anime/SailorMoon'', practically {{Squee}}ing in delight when [[https://geektyrant.com/news/a-fan-combined-captain-marvel-and-sailor-moon-and-brie-larson-loves-the-result she saw someone draw fanart]] of [[Film/CaptainMarvel2019 Carol Danvers]] as a MagicalGirl in the show's style. Ironically, despite being cast in the MCU, she is a life-long fangirl of DC's ''Franchise/WonderWoman''. She also has her [[https://www.youtube.com/c/BrieLarson/videos own YouTube channel]].

** He named his daughter [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Harley Quinn]].
** He founded a charitable organization named The Wayne Foundation, after both [[UsefulNotes/NationalHockeyLeague Wayne Gretzky]], and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bruce Wayne's]] fictional charity.

* And another who goes by [[Franchise/WonderWoman Diana Prince]].

* Creator/JackBlack is also known to be a big video game fan. One of the reasons that he got involved in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' was that he liked ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}''. He even became a PromotedFanboy when he became the voice of PSI-King in ''VideoGame/Psychonauts2''.

** Contrary to popular myth, Vin Diesel did '''''not''''' "teach her how to play" while they were filming together. She already knew how.

* Creator/KevinGrevioux, best known for playing the lycan Raze in the ''Film/{{Underworld}}'' films, is the one who originally came up with the setting and co-wrote, has a degree in microbiology and was studying for his master's in genetic engineering, writes comic books and founded two comic studios, and still looks and sounds like he could kick your ass.