SR: Why the name change?

CW: I went to the Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) and the rule is, there is only allowed to be one name per person. So I went to SAG and they were like, "Here's the part of the job that nobody likes -- you have to change your name." I was like, "Fuck you, no." They essentially raped my identity from me. I had to think of a new name right on the spot. So I went through a whole list of names, like family names. My middle name is Scott. Scott Noll, didn't like it. Chris Scott -- Nee. If I wanted keep my real name, I would have had to be C. S. Noll or Christopher Scott Noll which just sucks. For a comic to have a name that's so long is just ridiculous, you know? So I went through whole list and I finally found a name I like, which was my grandfather's middle name, which was his mother's maiden name, and it was Sands. I was like "Chris Sands, cool; I sound like a Vegas lounge singer guy." That was taken too. I was like Jesus Christ! I'm on the phone with my brother trying to decide my future name and he's got this big movie poster for "Wild Things" cause he's a known pedophile. So he was like, how about Chris Wild? Chris Wild, I thought it was kinda corny. So I was saying Chris Wild and the woman was like, "OK, how do you want to spell that?" I was just like I don't want to do it Wild, so I'll do it Wyld, and that I realized that is Chris Wyld (Rhymes with guild), so I said throw an "e" on it and that's the story of the Hollywood phony you see before you today, Chris Wylde. It was definitely weird. It totally took a while to get used to. My girlfriend made a short for her film class and she put Chris Noll in it and I was just like, "Oh, right, that's me." It was just weird. Now that I see Chris Wylde everywhere, I'm totally used to it by now. Totally weird. I don't recommend losing your identity; it's definitely weird. I had to do it. What you gonna do? So that was weird. My brother helped me -- he was like "Chris Wylde -- that kinda rings in the ear, like Chris Rock." Michael Keaton, for example -- his really name is Michael Douglas, but he couldn't use Michael Douglas because Kirk Douglas had a son named Michael. You know what I'm saying? It happens to tons of actors. I don't even know who the real Chris Noll is. There's like rumor that he's a male porn actor, which I hope is true. I have no idea who he is. For a while I thought I was Chris Noll and they screwed up the system. Who knows? My agent and manager -- they don't even want to hear about Chris Noll, they're like, "That's the grossest name ever." They're all a bunch of idiots. This town is filled with idiots, but I'm used to that because I went to AU.

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