Why the character name "Johnny Utah"?
Lately watching this incredibly inspiring film Whiplash (2014), I've heard this name "Johnny Utah" in the movie.
When Andrew Neiman was late for the competition, he tries to convince Fletcher for being late and Ryan interrupts in the middle then Andrew says,
Hey, f*** off, Johnny Utah. Turn my pages, bi***.
Intrigued by the name, did some googling and found out from the IMDB connections that the name was referred to a character from the movie "Point Break (1991)".
I have not seen "Point Break" but I would like to know why Andrew was referring Ryan as Johnny Utah.
Best Answer
Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) from the movie Point Break was a cocky, over-confident, off-the-cuff kind of guy. I believe his character played college Football but was injured in a championship game, so he opted for a career in law enforcement.
I would say he was referenced because of his attitude of being self-important. It was more of a put-down than a compliment.
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In the movie, Point Break, Johnny Utah is a former Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback and rookie FBI Agent. He is assigned to "assist" experienced agent and veteran, Angelo Pappas, in investigating a string of bank robberies by the Ex-Presidents.So by that Andrew meant that he wanted to get "assisted" by Ryan!
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