The Miz Speaks on Filming “The Marine”, Ric Flair & More

The Miz – WWE Superstar and former WWE Champion – sat down with The Film Yap to discuss his role in The Marine 3: Homefront, and a whole lot more. When asked if he planned on keeping up with acting going forward, Miz revealed his next project: “Not only do I want to continue it, I am continuing it with The Christmas Bounty. I start filming that in April and it comes out at Christmas.”

The differences between WWE and filming:

“WWE is live, so you mess up in front of a live audience, in front of thousands in the audience and millions at home. When you’re in a movie, you have an audience of about 20 people, who are all working to make you look great, who aren’t booing you, or telling you “you suck!” or cheering you. WWE is theater, it’s action, it’s a little bit of everything. It had action, drama, comedy, it’s got larger-than-life characters with its soap-opera-like storylines. We encourage our fans to cheer who they love and boo who they don’t, and you don’t get that in movies. You take as much time as you need to make it perfect. In WWE you only get one time to make it perfect.”

Working with “Nature Boy” Ric Flair: 

“This was a guy I grew up watching and loving. He was the dirtiest player in the game, and you always knew Ric Flair was going to give it his all, and he would cheat to win and I loved it. I based my character off of him. I wear the suits, I would do whatever it takes to win. So to not only have Ric Flair on my show, but for him to let me use the figure four leg lock on Antonio Cesaro, it was just incredible to me. I will keep on using the figure four as an homage to Ric Flair.”

Who he’d like to work with: 

“I’d like to work The Rock. He was basically the person I looked at and said “I want to be a WWE Superstar.” Just to watch him during the Attitude Era and to watch his matches. Not only to go up against him, but to exceed him. That’s what every WWE Superstar wants to do, whether it’s CM Punk, John Cena, you want to take it to the next level. I’ve already had that huge program with John Cena that took me to the next level, which taught me so much about the WWE, and there’s always CM Punk who is doing such a great job. He was WWE Champion for 400-plus days and is still on a roll. Those are great superstars who you want to get. You always want to be at the top.”

The new WWE Championship design: 

The new title? I really like it. When I was WWE champion, I changed the belt too, changing the WWE logo to an “M” and stopping it from spinning. I agree with the Rock. A championship should not spin and should not be looked at as a toy. It should be looked upon with prestige and I think this new title reflects that. When people win World Series or NBA Finals or Super Bowls, I think they’ll be wearing this around their waists because it embodies what a title should look like.