Wade Barrett Talks About The Differences Between Wrestling And Acting

Wade Barrett recently spoke with The Sun to discuss his upcoming film, Eliminators. In the interview, he compared wrestling to acting as well as the film. Here are the highlights.

 


 

Comparing wrestling to acting:

“Wrestling is more about improvising, reacting to what your opponent does and reacting to the crowd. You also have that adrenaline rush of 20,000 people in an arena screaming at you and knowing you’re live on TV. That really isn’t there for the fight scenes in the movie.

“Everything is very choreographed — punches are thrown at a specific place and footwork has to be exact and you tend to repeat the scene maybe six or seven times until the cameras have got every angle and in focus.

“But it is great to do something a little different, it is a change of pace for me and I really enjoyed the experience. Hopefully I get to do some more in the future.”

On the film:

“This is a big step up for me. I did a movie in 2012 with WWE Studios where I played a fairly small part as a bodyguard to the bad guy. This time I’m the main bad guy in the film chasing down the good guy.”

You can read the entire interview here.

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