Variety talks Cena.....heel status revealed

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- Variety has an in-depth look at John Cena expanding into Hollywood. Despite Cena’s popularity, he was unknown to Judd Apatow and Jason Moore, directors of The Nest. Cena had to try out for that role and the role in The Trainwreck. Apatow said of Cena:

“I wasn’t so familiar with his other work, so I had no bias. I just saw him as an actor who was riotously funny. We read a bunch of people, and he was by far the funniest. Then he came and did a table read before we shot the movie, and got more laughs than anyone. He is a great improviser. He has a great sense of humor, and is the most professional person I have ever met.”

Vince McMahon also commented in the article:

“John’s passion for our business along with his charisma, work ethic and integrity have made him a global superstar and role model. John also has extraordinary business instincts and an insatiable thirst for knowledge which translate to any medium and are keys to his success.”

The article noted that Cena is a company man to the core as they asked him to take off his trademark WWE cap but he declined and said, “They don’t pay me to promote my hair cut.” Cena also commented on not changing his image and turning heel:

“When you do that, everything you said, everything you stand for gets erased. It’s a poor business decision.”

Cena reiterated that he has no plan to leave WWE for Hollywood.

Very interesting statements by Cena, although I doubt there is any kayfabe mixed in that interview, by WWE kayfabe standards it does make Cena look like an Authority poster boy.

Good to see Cena getting more opportunities outside the WWE bubble, but he isn't going anywhere for a long time, he will be Flair and or worse Funk and keep going until he can't walk, then he would try wrestle a match in a wheelchair.
 
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Cena definitely prefers the Robert De Niro style of acting (Staying in character on and off screen until the final shot is taken.)

But unlike movies, the final shot never comes. Being a dick for an entire heel run (even if it was only a year long) would probably drive him nuts.
 

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He'd prol be the cheesiest heel ever anyway, just the way the guy is tells me barely anything would change apart from insulting the crowds favourite local sports team and facing faces instead of heels.

He'd still be getting the same 'mixed' reaction he is now (albeit smarks would be cheering and kids booing) and he'd still be cutting corny promos with that dorky shit eating grin on his face.
 

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Cena ever turned heel those people who claim he can't wrestle, hate what he did to wrestling and generally think he sucks, will be cumming in their sweatpants and do a 180 and talk about how he is such a draw, and how he upped his workrate and is cutting the greatest promos of his career. Like they do to anyone who turns heel. Ficklefucks.
 

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I expect all of that nonsense if he does end up turnin' but it would still be the biggest heel turn since Hogan so.... I don't know if I care too much about thinkin' too deeply into it and instead just enjoyin' it because it will be refreshin'.
 

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I'd love to just enjoy what I watch on TV, it's too bad there is this thing called the IWC go out of their way to nitpick everything until you can't. I don't find Cena's face character to be all that different from his heel persona, outside of rapping and swearing, he was still the same guy.

He is pretty much the epitome of tweener.
 

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I've long accepted that Cena will probably never turn heel and there's no chance of it happening until he's no longer the draw he currently is. The interview reinforces everything I already respect about him, that he's a loyal company man who works his ass off and stays professional.

But my boredom with Cena in WWE isn't to do with the fact that he won't turn. It's that he won't do anything different. John Cena in 2014 is exactly the same John Cena from 2006 and I'm over it. I've seen just about everything his character is capable of from the genuinely awesome to the cheesy and corny. The only time I find myself interested in Cena is when he faces a new opponent and the refreshing dynamic that it brings.

I suppose the counter-argument to that is why would they need to change Cena if he's still the top draw, but it doesn't make me less tired of him. I really do respect Cena the person and I'm sure he's a lovely guy, I'm just over him. Maybe some people crave a heel turn from him but for me that's not what it's about.
 

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I see Vince, The Authority and being a Company man as 3 different things.