I’m not 100 percent certain if the stars of American Gladiators are as pathetic and dim-witted as the ones on the show that airs down here in Australia, but if it is, this is suspiciously bad news. Speaking on the Omaha broadcast Todd n’ Tyler radio show, Mike O’Hearn, otherwise known as “Titan” on American Gladiators, said that he has passed the audition stage for the Conan movie, and is also scheduled to audition for Captain America.

Earlier this year, Lionsgate bought the rights to Conan, based on the Robert E. Howard-created character Conan the Barbarian that once saw Arnold Schwarzenegger star as the buff hero. Now, it looks as if we’ve swapped one brain-dead muscle-bound actor for another.

According to O’Hearn; “Today’s not even an audition. They’re bringing me in today just to sit me down and talk. How about that? It’s even better than an audition!”

It gets even worse though, especially for fans of actual good movies, with the news that O’Hearn has a casting session scheduled with Marvel Studios for their adaptation of Captain America.

O’Hearn has “acting experience” (there’s no way that pair of words is getting outside of those quotes) away from Gladiators as well (tee he he). Apparently he has appeared in Days of our Lives, which really just makes my point for me. He has also appeared in Sandy Collera’s 2004 fan film World’s Finest as Superman/Clark Kent.

So let us now begin the “No Way In Hell is O’Hearn Playing Captain America” campaign. I won’t have no pretty-boy playing Cap!

[Source: /Film]