1. Trish Stratus Says WWE Fans Will Be Stratusfied With Her New Movie
During a recent interview with WWE.com, WWE Hall of Famer Trish Stratus talked about her latest movie “Gridlocked”, which is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray & Digital Download. Below are the highlights:
It’s been a while since you starred in a movie. How did you get the part in “Gridlocked”?
“After I did “Bounty Hunters,” I became a mom, so that took me away from work for a while. While I was pregnant — I think in my seventh month — we took a babymoon vacation to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and I was tweeting about it. Then I received a text from Adam Copeland [a.k.a. Edge], who was in Halifax shooting his TV show, “Haven.”
Trish Stratus In Gridlocked
My husband Ron and I visited him on set, met some of his co-stars and had dinner. Adam was talking about the world of acting and how much he loved it, and the only experience I had was “Bounty Hunters.”
He said I should pursue it. After my baby Max was about 6 months old, I was back at work opening my second yoga studio at the Ritz Carlton in downtown Toronto. While I was downtown, I had a meeting with Adam’s agent. I let him know that I wasn’t available to fly to Los Angeles for auditions because I was a new mom and had businesses to run.
Two weeks later, he called me and said I have something that just landed on my desk that could be perfect for you. It’s filming here in Toronto and it’s an action flick that stars Dominic Purcell from “Prison Break,” Stephen Lang from “Avatar,” Vinnie Jones and Danny Glover. It sounded perfect for me and that’s how I got the role. We met with the producers and the director, who happened to be Toronto-based and WWE fans, so they were familiar with my body of work. The director was willing to take chance on me because he realized that what we do in WWE is acting.”
Did you need any special training for your role?
“I took some acting classes and trained with a stunt coordinator named Neil Davison to choreograph our fights scenes. He let us just fight so he could see my style. He wanted to see how what we do in WWE would translate into the movie and use that in the fight scenes.”
What can WWE fans expect when they watch “Gridlocked”?
“It’s a throwback to classic action flicks. It’s smartly written and has some comedy in it as well. There’s lots of action and a**-kicking. It’s just an entertaining movie that people will enjoy. WWE fans will be Stratusfied.”
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