- By Vridhi Soodhan
- Wed, 09 Jul 2025 05:13 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
John Cena’s transition from WWE to the acting world must have been a hard job to pull off, but he did it gracefully. Just like other wrestlers like Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, John Cena also managed to carve a space in the glamour world with his exceptional acting skills. The star stepped into the show business with the movie The Marine in 2006, and since then, the star has polished his skills with every release. The actor recently spoke about his process of script selection, being a part of the Fast and Furious franchise and accidentally joining the cast of Barbie.
John Cena expressed his process of script selection during an interview with Vanity Fair and said, “Working on Trainwreck was great because Judd Apatow and Amy Schumer created that safe space for me. They made it clear that the script doesn’t matter and I can do whatever I want as long as it’s funny, and I am very grateful to both of them for that.”
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The wrestler played the role of Vin Diesel’s long-lost brother, Jakob Toretto, in the ninth instalment of the Fast and Furious franchise. Talking about becoming a part of the movie, he said, “It was a dream come true to be able to play the long-lost brother of Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel). To be able to work as a newbie and enter a cast which has worked together for 2 decades was great, and everyone was so nice and welcoming. It was very different from what I used to do in the WWE because I am used to going out, putting on a show for 25 minutes and then coming back. This required patience, and it took me a lot of time to adjust to that.”
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John Cena further mentioned his cameo in the popular movie Barbie. He revealed that he was having dinner with his wife at a restaurant and met someone in an unwelcoming way. “So I decided that I would do something nice for them and offered to pay for their table. Turns out that Margot Robbie was hosting that table, and we got to talking. She told me about Barbie, and I told her how I wanted to be a part of the project, but the producers won’t have me. Incidentally, she was having dinner with the people that could make it happen, and they did. It was all a mistake, and it happened so suddenly,” he said.