John Cena Says He Swore a Lot to Get Into Character For Bumblebee, Talks CGI Work

– John Cena spoke with CinemaBlend for a new interview and discussed his role in Bumblebee, getting into character and more. Some highlights are below:

On how he got into character for his role: “I think [director] Travis [Knight] has, like, an entire movie of outtakes with all inappropriate language so there’s no way it would have made the movie. But, the cool thing is that’s where a lot of the depth of feeling from Agent Burns came from. Travis was nice enough to give me a few outtakes, and then savvy enough to understand that, like ‘hey, he’s going to be able to add his own dimension to this guy.’ So, he let me curse a bunch, then he’d come out and be like ‘hey, ok, we can’t use any of that, but I like the sentiment though, let’s try to do it without cursing.”

On working with the heavy CGI: “You’re asking me if it was difficult or not to pretend to make something real that isn’t really real? I think I’m the right guy for that job.”

Cena is currently on movie screens in the film as Agent Burns, one of the human antagonists. The movie has grossed $97.1 million domestically and $289.1 million worldwide thus far against a $135 million budget.