The Big Show Talks His Role in “Vendetta”

WWE Superstar The Big Show will star in the upcoming WWE Studios-produced film “Vendetta,” having taken time off from WWE to film it last year. The former WWE and World Heavyweight Champion recently spoke with Movie Pilot about his role in the movie, including how ruthless his character is. Highlights from the interview can be found below.

He spoke about being pushed to bring out the violence in the movie:

“Yeah, that was the Soska Twins, Jen and Sylvia. If you know anything about those girls, they’re really go-getters and are positive on what they want from a character. Which is really cool to work with because they were meticulous about how they wanted the character to be and how dark they wanted it. It was a lot of fun working with them. A lot of times I would leave the set at the end of the day and go, ‘Wow, that was really, really violent. Holy smokes.’ And when I saw it, I was really happy with how it turned out. It’s not a likable character unless you’re into bad guys. If you’re into bad guys, then you’re probably going to like my character in this one. He’s definitely a jerk, first class.”

Show said there will be no jolly giant in this film:

“There’s none of that. There’s nothing redeemable or likable about anything my character does in this movie. My character’s very dark. And if you look at the movie, you have Dean Cain, who’s America’s golden boy that played Superman and is a good guy in real life and he had to do some really dark things to go after me. He had to become a monster to get to the monster. And it was really great to see the arc of his character, too.”

He even touched on potentially starring in a comic book movie down the line:

“Absolutely. I’d be interested in getting on board for anything like that. I see how successful Dave’s (Bautista) been with Guardians of the Galaxy and those films have such a huge opportunity for somebody my size. It’s so hard for a guy my size to get roles. Thankfully comic books are taking off and doing so well in theaters that it opens up a lot more roles for someone like me. So, yeah, if the opportunity came up, I’d jump on it in a heartbeat.”

More from the interview can be found here.

Editor’s Note

If it’s above a 40 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, I’ll consider seeing it.

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