Dean Ambrose recently spoke with Brian Fritz of Sporting News to promote his role in the new WWE Studios movie, “12 Rounds 3: Lockdown,” explaining how he found out about the news that he would be in the movie, and how he reacted to the offer.
“I immediately said yes, I am interested,” Ambrose said. “Of course. I was like f*ck yeah! It took me a second and they said yeah, we have this project with ’12 Rounds’ which has been a great franchise for us. I was like wait, you want me to be in a movie? Yeah I’ll do that! Are you kidding me? No further questions. Sign me up.”
Additionally, Ambrose spoke about his mindset in taking the movie offer, as well as the possibility that acting could be an avenue he could pursue after he retires from WWE.
“When you’re on the road with the WWE, you’re so wrapped up in this whirlwind of making 300 towns a year and wrestling every night that I wasn’t looking too far into the future,” he said. “But if the opportunity was in front of me, I was definitely going to take it. If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, I get to say I was in a movie. I had a sense they thought it would be something I would be good at and maybe it’s another avenue to pursue after my career.”
Check out the complete interview at SportingNews.com.
