Over the years a number of wrestlers have made the jump from wrestling to Hollywood, and while some have failed others have gone on to find great success.
The Rock happens to be one of the biggest movie stars in the world right now, and names like Dave Bautista and John Cena have also been able to carve out their own spot in Hollywood.
CM Punk has also done some acting, and during a recent interview with ET Canada he explained how professional wrestling helps certain performers make the transition to acting.
“I think a lot of people conflate the two. You see a guy like Dave Bautista killing it with this myriad of different roles. Dave can do comedy, Dave can do drama, he can do it all. Cena has always been that funny guy. I always thought that behind the scenes, and I think anybody who has worked with him always thought it,” Punk stated. “A lot of the guys at that top-level in WWE may not want to admit it, but all we are are theatre actors. We’re doing live theatre every Monday, every Friday, Thursday, Tuesday, whatever the hell the schedule is now. All that is is theatre. It gets you accustomed to improv and working on the fly.
“I read James Gunn said that John Cena was the best improv actor he’s ever worked with. That does not surprise me in the least. We do it every week for decades. When we transition to film, I think people are pleasantly surprised like, ‘Oh wow, I thought you were just going to be this muscled up stiff guy.’ I’m not surprised that John is killing it.”
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