The following are highlights from a new interview with former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho:<\/p>\n
On his new web series “But I’m Chris Jericho”: “Well obviously, it\u2019s kind of an extended universe for me and almost a kind of mockumentary, Christopher Guest kind of a vibe of this initial concept that I had from a nugget of truth of when I first moved out of wrestling and came out to Los Angeles to study acting and break into this world over here; I realized very early on that while I was a \u2018superstar\u2019 from another genre of entertainment, a lot of people out in Hollywood really didn\u2019t care what I had accomplished in the past. So, I would come to do an audition with 10 other people who would look just like me for \u2018Bachelor part #12\u2019 to deliver one line, like \u2018This telephone is not working\u2019 and they\u2019d say \u2018Thanks, next!\u2019 And I\u2019d go \u2018But I\u2019m Chris Jericho, don\u2019t I get a chance? A better shot?\u2019<\/p>\n
So, I started thinking: what would happen if (Chris) Jericho got kicked out of wrestling, got blackballed and had nowhere to go, nowhere to turn, so I had to get into acting, but I had to take what I could get and kind of start at the lowest level to survive. And so, that\u2019s kind of the whole concept of the show, and it took us about 6 years to sell it. We worked long and hard in doing the pilot and writing the scripts and we tried to pitch it and no one was really interested. Then, about a year and a half ago, my partner called me and he\u2019s like \u2018I sold the show\u2019. I was like \u2018What show is that?\u2019, he said \u2018But I\u2019m Chris Jericho\u2019. I said \u2018You\u2019re still working on that?!\u2019 and he told me yeah.<\/p>\n
So that\u2019s how it all got started and to come and do it as a web series was even smarter in this day and age because I think 3 or 4 years ago, doing a web series was like doing a direct-to-dvd movie or something, but now to do a web series, it\u2019s the smartest way to have content in this day and age and it\u2019s almost the way of the future as far as the way people will be watching tv shows from now on, I\u2019d have to say.”<\/p>\n
On the current WWE product: “I don\u2019t watch a lot because of my schedule being super crazy, over-the-top busy, but I follow along with what\u2019s going on online and stuff. I like what the Shield was doing. I like the Daniel Bryan character. I like some of the more underrated characters; I think Antonio Cesaro is a tremendous performer. You know, there\u2019s a lot of different guys that I think are really coming into their own and a lot of guys that WILL come into their own over the next few years and that\u2019s basically the most important thing when you\u2019re in that business, playing character, is that you really have to get the confidence and the ability to know what it is that you\u2019re doing and where it is you want to go with your character and once you can kind of stumble upon that, you\u2019ll grow by leaps and bounds. Sometimes it just takes time to figure out \u2018Who am I, as this character?\u2019 and \u2018What do I need to do to bring this guy forward?\u2019”<\/p>\n
Check out the complete interview online at WildTalkRadio.com.<\/p>\n
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