The Miz Said He Wanted To Play Deadpool

In an interview with Uproxx, The Miz spoke about his role in The Marine 5 and revealed which superhero he would like to play. Here are highlights:

On his dream film project: “My dream project? I mean, I think anyone’s dream project right now is how amazing the Marvel/DC comic book era is really coming together and really blowing up the scene. Anytime you have a movie, it’s breaking records, it’s doing great things, so obviously I’d want a Marvel character. Obviously, Deadpool is already taken and Ryan Reynolds did an absolutely fantastic job. That was always my dream role ever since I saw the video game seven years ago, I was like “Oh my god, I want to play this guy!” But, Ryan Reynolds took it and knocked it out of the park and did an absolutely incredible job, so I can’t fault him at all. But I think anyone would want to do Marvel or DC, maybe WWE can combine with them and do something, but you never know.”

On which superhero he’d like to play that isn’t taken: “Yeah, I mean a lot of the main ones are kind of taken. I’ve always wanted to play Booster Gold.”

On how his WWE co-stars did in The Marine 5: “As soon as I knew they were all in the movie, we basically went at a Smackdown Live, I believe we were all there, and … this is before the draft happened, or the brand extension. So we went upstairs at Smackdown Live, and literally just sat down and read the whole script together as a complete unit; as a cast, just to really know that what we’re doing, what we want, and these guys really came to play. They weren’t messing around. They wanted to do a really good job and I think they really succeeded at it.”