Seth Rollins talks Hollywood opportunities

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Last month, Seth Rollins missed a couple of episodes of Raw due to a new movie role.

Rollins was filming for the upcoming Marvel movie Captain America: Brave New World. It's the fourth movie in the Captain America franchise. It's rumored that Rollins is playing a member of the Serpent Society criminal group in the movie.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Rollins couldn't give any specifics about his Captain America role. Rollins said pro wrestling is what he loves and what he intends to do as a career for as long as he can, but it's cool to get opportunities to do something outside of his comfort zone.

I am sworn to a certain level of secrecy, so I can't divulge too much information on that. What I will say in response to your question is that it is cool, it's cool to get opportunities to do something outside of your comfort zone. This is what I love, WWE, professional wrestling, it's all I've ever wanted to do and all I ever intend to do as a career for as long as I can, but anytime you get to a certain level in this industry there's going to be opportunities that come your way and I love taking chances at this point in my career.
I mean, you can tell with the fashion sensibility I have become known for over the last few years, that I love taking chances! So if you get the chance to do something incredible outside of WWE, you've got to take a look at it, try and make it work the best you can because you only get one life and one chance and you never know when you might get an opportunity like that - so you got to make it happen.

Rollins said he expects to always be involved in the wrestling industry in some shape or form. He feels like he's in the prime of his career and has a lot of in-ring years ahead of him, but he knows the time will come when falling down will "turn [his] bones to dust" and he'll need to see what other options are out there.

As I sit here right now in my wrestling school seeing people fall down behind me, I feel like I'm always going to be part of the industry in some shape of form. You look at The Rock as the example here, and he's a different beast, right? What you were seeing from John [Cena] at the time, he was at the peak of his popularity in WWE at the time and it was seeing The Rock come back every year. So, The Rock wasn't just gone for a hiccup, he was gone for a year and then coming back and taking away an opportunity from someone else who had been there and grinding and all that.
What John didn't see was the bigger picture and how many more eyes The Rock was going to bring to WWE, to WrestleMania and to the talent as a whole. John missed that part, and he will tell you now that he was a little nearsighted in that regard. And you saw when John Cena came back to WrestleMania this year, it wasn't to be on the marquee, it wasn't to be anything other than to be part of the show and contribute in any way that he could.
As for me, I don't know where my future lies. I feel, like I said, at this moment wrestling is my future for as long as I can do it at a high level. But there's going to come a day when falling down is going to turn my bones to dust and I will have to start looking elsewhere and seeing what other options there are. I don't think that's coming any time soon and I'm just in the prime of my career right now and there's a lot of years ahead of me.

Rollins became WWE's inaugural World Heavyweight Champion by defeating AJ Styles in the finals of a tournament last month. His next two title defenses are already lined up. Rollins is defending against Bron Breakker on NXT tonight (June 20) and against Finn Balor at Money in the Bank (July 1).

Captain America: Brave New World is scheduled to be released on July 26, 2024.

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