14. His own agent didn’t recognise him in his Johnny Mnemonic outfit
Lundgren has cited the cyberpunk action thriller Johnny Mnemonic as one of his favourite movies to film.
Speaking to the AV Club in 2008, Lundgren said he particularly liked “designing a character [who] was very different from me.”
“He walked different and talked different, and used body language like a street preacher, and had a wig and a long beard,” he said, describing his hitman character Karl the Street Preacher. “I remember my agent showing up on set, and he walked up to me and said “Hey, have you seen Dolph Lundgren?” I guess my outfit worked,” Lundgren joked.
In the movie, Lundgren’s Karl hunts down the titular hero, played by Keanu Reeves. Aside from the fun of fight scenes with Reeves, Lundgren also said he enjoyed playing a smaller role.
He said it was the first time he had ever played a supporting role once he made it in Hollywood, and he wasn’t burdened with “carrying the movie.”