Astin as Rudy joins a long list of stars who’ve played the Colonel in recent years, including Darrell Hammond, Norm Macdonald, Rob Lowe, Billy Zane, Wayne Knight, Jason Alexander, Jim Haffigan, and Rob Riggle.
Directed by David Anspaugh, it starred Astin as real-life Notre Dame walk-on football player Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger.
The original, non-fried Rudy opened in theaters 1993.