Edge recently spoke with Kenny Herzog for Rolling Stone; you can read a few highlights below:
Edge comments on his wrestling background helping him in more physical scenes in Vikings:
Everyone realizes when it comes to fight scenes, that’s gonna be my wheelhouse. That’s, for me, I don’t want to say the easy stuff. But in terms of preparation, that’s the easy stuff. What I will say about this show is that if you see these battle scenes, if you see us rowing boats, we’re doing it. That still taps into that physical nature I obviously have, and that’s fun. It hits every vein of what I’ve wanted to do and have done.
Edge comments on why we don’t see more wrestlers going the ‘Cody Rhodes’ route on the indies:
It’s different for everyone. There’s something to be said for sticking it out. With WWE, it’s a massive machine, and you will air in 120 countries and have action figures and towels. I also think now it’s possible to do what Cody has done and the Young Bucks have done and carve your own niche outside of WWE. That would be fun. It’s definitely more work, because you’re having to slog different kind of miles, and probably not going to be wrestling in better arenas with better showers. But at the end of the day, it’s still the same job. As glamorous as WWE may seem you’re probably eating at a Waffle House at 1 in the morning, and you’re probably going to see the Ring of Honor guys there too.
Edge comments on which wrestling personalities would have a good career in acting:
He wouldn’t have a lot of roles to choose from, but a guy like Paul Heyman would have a definite niche. Whatever Paul Giamatti plays, Paul Heyman could also read for it. There are a lot of people you might not realize because they aren’t getting promo opportunities or the chance to hone that side of it. It could be a guy like Luke Harper. I see him and believe that guy is what he’s portraying on TV.
A guy like Bray Wyatt, he could easily have played something in True Detective. Would people have assumed that Batista would have been in a Bond film and these Guardians of the Galaxy movies? Probably not. But if you watch his promos, he kept it close to the vest, which worked for his character, and it totally works for the subtleties he brings to the screen. But if you had said at the beginning of Evolution that would happen, people would have said you were crazy.
