STACK #133 Nov 2016

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WWE star John Cena relished the chance to send up his macho image as Amy Schumer’s dim-witted boyfriend in Judd Apatow’s latest comedy smash TRAINWRECK . QUEER EYE FOR THE STRAIGHT GUY

and the lighting guys and the assistants and props guys, it's not intimate at all. It’s at times uncomfortable, but it was necessary. I think it made the movie really fun. It was a happening! But it ended up being extremely funny and I thank Amy and Judd for making it really comfortable. You talked about the park scene, which isn't in the final cut. Is there anything else that didn't make it we might see on the DVD? A whole other movie is lurking out there somewhere! And that's not just with me. I think that's with all the cast members, because of the way Judd shoots. I think the DVD release of this movie is going to be something special. What has spurred your shift towards comedy after several action films? I think the action stuff was a natural correlation – you see a big guy throwing around big guys on television, you naturally think he can do that on the big screen. I like doing that on TV in the WWE ring. But I want to try and be selective now with film opportunities. I want to show a bit of a different side and being able to laugh at yourself is extremely important. I also want to be able to align myself with good films, good people and poke fun at myself. I just want to have a good time while doing

was just from that one little joke that made for some awkward, funny moments.

How did Trainwreck come about for you?

JOHN CENA: I guess the natural process, the evolution

How was it working with Amy; what scene did you shoot first? The first thing we shot actually didn't make the movie. It was a scene in Central Park where I see Amy after we've broken up. It was

of getting a part: they cast for a bigger guy to do some overly physical stuff in the movie and I auditioned. I had a

good audition with Amy. It was very informal, very ad-lib. I had one more audition and then a table read and they decided that the kid stays in the picture! How much of the character was in the script?Was he as well defined as he was in the movie, or was there things you added as you were developing him? Hats off to Judd and Amy for letting me have my own fun with who the character was. It was literally just written as a big guy and he's with this girl who doesn't believe in love and monogamy. Typical big guy things happen that turn her off. The sex is overly physical. He's always talking about working out. But in the original script there was that line in the sex scene where Steven describes to Amy about what happened when they first met and he says, “when I saw you first, the reason you were so attractive is that from behind you looked like a dude”. That was a throwaway joke, but I thought, man, if that's what gets this guy to the mountaintop, maybe he's not sure if he's straight, if he's gay and what that struggle is like. And they really let me run with that. It

Hats off to Judd and Amy for letting me have my own fun with who the character is

awesome, because there were a lot of people around in the park watching us, so it really took the edge off. We just went with it to see what happens. It really helped a lot to know that I can let my guard down and go for it. Tell us about shooting the sex scene – it must've been nice not to have to have it be really sexy on screen? I think that truly

made it a little less uncomfortable. But being almost naked in front of all the camera ops and the focus pullers

• Trainwreck is out on Nov 12

good projects, which is more of what I'm looking for.

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