Dustin Rhodes recently spoke with Wrestlezone’s Bill Pritchard about his upcoming film schedule and taking on more of a ‘mentor’ role in All Elite Wrestling. Dustin will work on B22 Films’ Cutter Bill and Thunderclap! this year, but first talked about last week’s big headline with AEW revealing some details about their TNT debut. Dustin said it’s been said before, but AEW is changing wrestling, and he’s happy to see the more positive atmosphere and some fire in younger talent.
“The revolution is here. They keep saying it, and it’s time for change. They are changing the world. AEW is going onward and upward step by step by step. And it’s very very good to see my brother at the helm of this thing with the Young Bucks and Kenny [Omega]. And it’s exciting because I’ve been at just two events, and unbelievable—the first one was just off the charts for me.
The greatest thing I’ve ever done in the business in my three decades of wrestling. And then to have another one with my brother, as the brotherhood back together again against the Young Bucks, was pretty exciting man. You just walk around in that locker room and that atmosphere, you can see every single one of those guys and girls are hungry and passionate. They don’t feel dejected, they don’t feel, like, exhausted.
They don’t feel like it’s a prison sentence. It’s something to look forward to. It’s a very exciting time to be alive as a wrestling fan right now, and as a performer. Even being 30 years in the business and being an older veteran. I can’t wait, I’m very excited and proud of my brother, and all those kids are doing, man. Because these kids are special. And Cody’s definitely got pops in him.”
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The first film on Dustin’s schedule is Cutter Bill, a ‘story of Texas thieves’ and how the Cowboy Mafia smuggled drugs in for distribution throughout North Texas. Dustin plays Mitchell White, a thief attempting to steal the $80 million fortune hidden away on a Cowboy Mafia farm.
He says this is something that’s right up his alley, citing his Texas roots and how he’d heard a bit about the real story growing up. Dustin says he’s looking forward to getting into this character and explained how he tried to get in the right mindset and find a good dialect.
“Actually, I have heard of the cowboy mafia. I did hear that from my grandfather. He spoke of the cowboy mafia when I was young, but that was the extent of it. So, but I remember him saying that to his friends and they just kind of stuck out because it was cool, it was a cool name, the cowboy mafia. So I know the story is there, and the whole state of Texas knows about the cowboy mafia, or most of my generation and younger do, so it’s going to be interesting to play him. A pair of Wrangler jeans, a cowboy hat, stuff like that, give that to me and let me just go be this character and, really, in the last 30 years that’s what I’ve done is character acting.
So, if he’s gonna let me improv a little bit, that would be great, because that’s where I kind of flourish and make things my own. I think that’s important when you’re playing a character, to make that character your own, and dive deep into ‘Okay, what would Mitchell do in this situation?’ And you have a picture of it when Brett [Bentman, director of both films] presented me this character, Mitchell, so I already had a vision in my head ‘Okay, this is what he looks like, this is how he acts.’ So I’m still working on my voice a little bit and different kinds of voices being lower, as opposed to darker, and more cowboy-ish and western-like instead of just a straight-talking American, with a little drawl to it whenever I’m talking. So I’m looking forward to it, man. It’s gonna be fun, it’s a challenge. Everything I do is a challenge, as far as every role that I take. And I’m looking forward to Cutter Bill.”
