I couldn't find any trivia note on this, but why does the movie have a character named Steve Strange and also an actor named Steve Strange (who plays Sam Strange)? I couldn't find any evidence of this being a real person. I know a couple of other people (like Mickey Gilley) play themselves.
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The only Steve Strange I heard of is the London nightclubber and DJ who was on the scene in the new wave '80s. Can't see this guy making a cameo in THIS flick though. He wore lipstick!
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Steve Strange was Gilley's bullmaster. He ran the mechanical bull at the club, and was played by James Gammon in the movie. He was given a cameo part in the movie as a fictional character named "Sam Strange".
The screenwriter Aaron Latham cribbed one of Steve Strange's lines for the movie, and has Scott Glenn say something to a female rider about, "Anything gets sore, I'll be glad to kiss it and make it feel better."
He was given a cameo part in the movie as a fictional character named "Sam Strange".Ahhhh...so THAT'S why Steve (James Gammon) says "Give 'em a ride, Sam"...he was the actual guy who ran the bull IRL.