In an interview with Collider, Braun Strowman revealed his status in professional wrestling while discussing an upcoming role
The former WWE Universal Champion, who was released from the company in May, talked about working with extras who happen to be fellow professional wrestlers on the set of Deathgasm 2: Goremageddon and what they are willing to do in the role given to them:
Oh, I gotta give it to the extras, the ones that gave their bodies up for me, because in my scene, I’m rough with these guys, and they’re all pro wrestlers and stuff on their side jobs and stuff. So they were all unbelievably willing to give their bodies up to me for this film. We did a lot of takes with a couple of them, and it was very physical. They were like, ‘Lay it in harder.’ I was like, ‘No, no…’ In our business, too, like the wrestling business side of things — I say ‘our business,’ but I’m semi-retired from wrestling now, too, because I want to be an actor.
But I always have so much admiration for these young and up-and-coming talents that are looking for a shoe in, a place to get in by going the extra mile, being the first one to raise their hand, not even knowing what I’m going to do to their poor soul, and just going, ‘I’ll volunteer for it.’ I was that kid at one point. I was doing that. I was the one going, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll eat that. I’ll go here. I’ll do that.’ That’s what gave me the opportunity to get to where I am in life. So those are a lot of the unsung heroes, too, that are behind the scenes, that no one ever knows about, and they never get credit for. So that’s big for me.
Strowman was recently announced as hosting the upcoming USA Network series Everything on the Menu premiering October 24.
Source: Fightful