All Elite Wrestling‘s Paul Wight is entering the world of NFTs in a very unique way.
Deadline reports that Paul Wight will join Aleks Paunovic (Marvel’s Hawkeye), Richard Harmon (The 100), Kandsye McClure (Battlestar Gallactica), Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Gallactica), and Bethany Brown (The 100) in the sci-fi NFT series GenZeroes.
Wight will not only be acting in the show but producing as well. He will play the character Thatch, who was described to Deadline as “a warrior’s warrior and a natural leader when it comes to combat.”
The description of the series is “set 200 years after an alien invasion has left the world devastated, with 10 factions fighting to control the future of humanity.”
GenZeroes is being promoted as a live-action NFT series and will be 10 episodes long. If you want to watch this series, Deadline reports that you’ll actually have to purchase an NFT to check it out.
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Wight has been branching out more into the acting world, and he spoke with WrestleZone to promote his role as Palindrome in Fast & Furious: Spy Racers on Netflix. Wight said he’s been on camera for two decades in a wrestling role, but appreciates the challenge that voice-acting presents him.
“The ‘Fast and Furious’ people have been so much fun to work with. I had an opportunity and I think I said this before, I had an opportunity to speak Russian [in the series]. And this is part of things about finding different ways to challenge yourself as a performer and do things outside of the norm. Granted, the energy is really high with Palindrome, but also there’s a lot of heart with Palindrome. There’s some subtle nuances with that but also I had to learn how to speak Russian for one of the things we were doing. And for me, I’m just a big redneck from South Carolina,” Wight explained, “so English kicks my butt every day, so the opportunity to work on this and work with a voice coach really nailed that Russian.”
“Like when I heard it back, it’s almost one of those things that I’ll never forget as a performer because it didn’t sound like me. I was like oh that’s me talking. ‘Wow, I sound Russian.’ Holy smokes, you know what I mean? And it’s a confidence booster, believe it or not, when you do that because you know that okay, that’s something I stuck my toe into, so now I won’t be afraid to try for roles that might have that more. It’s funny because yes, I’ve had a lot of time in front of the camera, I’ve done a lot of stuff, movies and television and whatnot,” Wight said, “but you’re always finding ways to challenge yourself. And one of the things that I have with ‘Fast and Furious Spy Racers’ is I just had a lot of fun doing it.”
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