be cool - elmore leonard
Elliot Wilhelm (The Rock), the hulking Samoan bodyguard to Raji who wants to break into show business as either an actor or country singer. Oh, and he’s gay, too.
Detroiters get a bonus laugh because the real Wilhelm - the director of the Detroit Film Theater program - is the exact opposite of this. The character was named after him because the Detroit-based Leonard offered a “be a character name in my next book” item in a charity auction and Wilhelm won the honor
hahah, man that must suck. you enter a contest to get your name in an elmore leonard novel. you win. you think you’re going to be some cool EL crime thug, but he makes you a gay bodyguard.
