10 Movie Characters Whose Real Names You’d Totally Forgotten
A lot of movie characters have “real” names that are either buried somewhere in the film, or never even mentioned . . . but they’re still legit. So a website put out a list of “Movie Characters Whose Real Names You’d Totally Forgotten’. Here are the highlights:
1. The Wizard in “The Wizard of Oz” . . . Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkle Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs. (That’s according to the book.)
2. Shaggy in “Scooby Doo” . . . Norville Rogers. Scooby’s real name is Scoobert.
3. Woody from “Toy Story” . . . Woody Pride.
4. Red in “Shawshank Redemption” . . . Ellis Boyd Redding.
5. Dutch in “Predator” . . . Alan Schaefer.
6. Verbal Kint in “The Usual Suspects” . . . Roger Kint.
7. Agent K and Agent J in “Men in Black” . . . ‘K’ is Kevin Brown and ‘J’ is James Darrell Edwards the Third.
8. Thanos in “Avengers: Infinity War” . . . Dione, which means ‘Goddess.’
9. The Emperor from the “Star Wars” movies . . . Sheev Palpatine.
10. Mr. Miyagi from “The Karate Kid” . . . He has a variety of names, including Shigeyoshi, Nariyoshi, and Keisuke.
