“Fuller House” Star Candace Cameron Bure Discusses Wrestling Debut For the Show

Candace Cameron Bure has made quite a name for herself since reprising the role of D.J. Tanner (now D.J. Fuller) for “Fuller House,” a spin-off of the 90s sitcom “Full House.” In the episode titled “The Legend of El Explosivo,” Bure performed some in-ring maneuvers including arm drags and a tilt-a-whirl revearsal.

 

Mama just brushing up on her scissor kick ?. This was my favorite episode simply because I loved getting in the ring. Yup, it was all me, no stunt double. I live for this stuff!! #FullerHouse #physicalfitness #athlete #sport #wrestling

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Bure recently sat down with WWE.com to discuss the episode, as well as her love for the business. Below are some excerpts from the interview:

WWE.COM: Could you tell us a little bit about how you first learned you were going to be getting into a wrestling ring for “Fuller House”?

CANDACE CAMERON BURE: Well, no one expected me to actually get in the ring. They had told me about this wrestling episode with the [Fuller] kids and it would be really fun and I said, “Oh, that’s so great!” My real kids love watching it; they think it’s awesome.

The first day in, they brought the stunt doubles and they said we’re just going to watch the stunt doubles. They’re going to work out the wrestling routine, and then they’ll do everything and we’ll just come in and do close-up face shots of me and edit it all together. Well, I watched the stuntwoman do the routine and I just said, “She’s not doing it! I’m doing it. I can do that!”

WWE.COM: Did you perform that in front of a live audience, or was that pre-taped on a closed set?

CAMERON BURE: It was on our sound stage, but we have a live audience. We have about 300 people that sit in our audience to watch our show. So I did perform it in front of our audience.

WWE.COM: How was that experience, performing it in front of the crowd, as opposed to the hours of training leading up to it?

CAMERON BURE: Oh, it was so much fun. Everyone was so surprised that I was doing it. Everyone was just assuming a stuntwoman would do it. Even some of our crew who didn’t quite see it from the beginning were assuming it was a stuntwoman. And then I would walk out and show my face; everyone’s jaw was on the floor. But, yeah, the excitement of the crowd, oh, it was great. No matter if I’m doing the wrestling scene or a normal scene in one of the sets, the audience adds so much more excitement to it for us as actors.

WWE.COM: You mentioned that your kids are fans of wrestling. Was that the extent of your knowledge of wrestling?

CAMERON BURE: As a kid, I loved watching it. I used to watch with my sisters and my brothers. We watched WWE all the time.

You can find the full interview at this link.

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