John Elway has enjoyed a successful NFL playing and executive career with the Denver Broncos, quarterbacking the franchise to two Super Bowl wins as a player and a third as a front-office executive.
Last week, Elway announced his intentions to step away from his Broncos job and football after 28 years in the game. However, with new time on his hands and one of the first years without football to look forward to, Elway has a new career possibly in sight: acting.
A villain in a Cowboy movie, to be exact.
Famed writer Woody Paige recently wrote a tribute column for Elway in The Denver Gazette, and he spoke on how Elway has his sights on a villain acting career since his football days are behind him.
From Paige’s story:
When Elway turned 50 I asked what he wanted to do in life. “I’d like to be the villain in a cowboy movie.”
So I revisited the subject Friday ahead of his 63rd birthday in June.
“I still would like to be in a cowboy movie, but I’m a bit old,” he said. John was nicknamed The Duke of Denver after famed actor John Wayne, who also was called “The Duke.”
Elway suggested he might call his friend Kevin Costner to ask about potentially getting a part in Paramount’s Yellowstone TV series.
If movie stars can become politicians and hold office, who is to say that sports legends can’t become movie stars as well? Best of luck to Elway in his future endeavors away from football.
