Heck, I've tried to get co-workers in their early 30's to watch older movies like Jeremiah Johnson or The Outlaw Josey Wales and they just won't do it. "No way that I'm watching something made that long ago" was the exact quote from one of them. I just don't get it.
He should probably join the military. He would be off the grid for a few years until the media forgets about him. Maybe even try to get into one if the special forces so he would always have a network of badasses to back him up in the future.