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Interesting fact about Bo Svenson (aka Roy Jennings)


Bo Svenson, who played Roy "I chew on Jarheads and spit em out" Jennings, who owned the bar where Highway's ex wife worked, was a Jarhead himself in real life. He joined the Marines at age 15 (he probably lied about his age). Since he's listed at 6'4", he probably got away with it.

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In addition to having an obvious Scandinavian name, Bo Svenson's bio page here on the IMDb says he was actually born in Sweden. Given his size and his service in the Marines, I suspect that the character of Swede Johanson was based on or at least inspired by him.

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I think Swede got his name from former heavyweight champion Ingemar "Swede" Johansen.

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