Cody Rhodes Details Experience Making Street Fighter, Knew John Cena Would Do Well In Acting

Cody Rhodes is enthusiastic about his experience making the upcoming Street Fighter movie, giving a few details in a recent interview. Rhodes is co-starring in the upcoming reboot as Guile. He co-stars with Andrew Koji (Ryu) Noah Centineo (Ken), Callina Liang (Chun-Li), Roman Reigns (Akuma), David Dastmalchian (M. Bison) Andrew Schulz (Dan Hibiki), 50 Cent (Balrog), Jason Momoa (Blanka), Orville Peck (Vega), and more in the film, which releases next October.

Rhodes spoke about appearing in the film and more on All In Smoke. He also spoke about John Cena’s acting success. You can see highlights below:

On His Experience Filming The Movie:

“Street Fighter is — I was so glad I got to do that, try to tell stories in a different way. And that crew — Calina [Liang], [Andrew] Koji, Noah [Centineo], the three leads to this movie. Andrew Schultz, standup comedian, 50 Cent’s playing Balrog. It was such a ridiculous moment to have everyone on set. But it was so well organized. Rehearsing like we were actually going to be fighting somebody. On the weekend, because everybody was locked into Australia, going over all the dialogue together.

“It was just a really well-oiled machine and Legendary Pictures — and I’m blessed to be part of that. I went in for a meeting thinking I was going to talk to them about other stuff and they told me, ‘Oh, we want you for Guile.’ And I know the role! You know, it’s a charge character.”

On the Reaction Online To His Being Cast:

“I do find it funny. Because every now and then my lips will really settle out and be pronounced. There were a few haters online who kept saying ‘Thonic Boom!’ And I kind of just want to find it somewhere. I just want to find ‘Thonic Boom!’ Yeah, but it was a blast.”

On John Cena’s Work Outside WWE:

“I had a really great feeling that he would do well when Peacemaker came up, or acting gigs in general because of his attitude when it comes to WWE. John was always wanting to work. {He] was there early, stayed the latest. Wasn’t in the habit of just selling tickets as much as he was selling a story. He was selling an experience, something that you would come back to. And then you hear these stories of him going on sets all over town here, and being the most professional guy you’d ever met. The most prepared guy you ever met.

“I think John has tons of natural talent. Gift of gab, an incredible physique, incredibly functionally truly strong. He had tons of natural talent to be a pro wrestler. But the thing he’ll be remembered for is the work, is the work ethic he had. He’s set a standard that — this isn’t like an old man shouting at clouds thing. But if you’re at NXT right now and you don’t know about what John’s day was like on a Monday night, what his day was like as a performer, then you should look it up. Because that’s the level you need to do. And even now with ESPN and Netflix and all the spotlight, you got to do even more. He probably would have made it on talent alone. But the reason John Cena and ‘You Can’t See Me’ is culturally relevant is his work ethic.”

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