It turns out that Brian Austin Green isn’t actually … Austin.
Yep. Beverly Hills, 90210 star just dropped a surprisingly chaotic (and hilarious) origin story behind her name — and it involves workroom negotiations, SAG rules, and a nearly career-ending set of initials.
Talking about Pod meets the world podcast, Green revealed that his name was basically improvised mid-birth.
“My mom had a whole name planned for me… and my dad — who smoked a lot of pot at this point in his life — while my mom was in labor, he came up and he said, ‘Can we call him Brian?'”
Safe to say, his mother was in no mood to argue.
“Whatever the f” his father wanted, she said. “Just get him out of me.”
And just like that… Brian Green was born. No middle name. No backup plan.
It became a problem later when he tried to join the Screen Actors Guild.
“I don’t think you can be in the union with the same name as someone else,” he explained, after discovering – of course – that there was already a Brian Green.
Look at the name crisis.
“We almost called me Brian Peter Green… but then my initials would have been P… Brian P. Green… and they’re like, that’s probably not a good start.”
Yes. Hard delivery.
Finally, the solution came from the least glamorous place possible: a map.
“Brian Green is not a very easy name to come up with a middle name for,” he admitted – but “Austin” stuck.
As for the other Brian Green? Let’s just say the younger him wasn’t thrilled.
“I wished [for] his passing when I was younger… I didn’t realize it was a terrible thing to wish for someone.”
From no middle name to Austin – honestly, it’s showbiz.
