Paul Heyman comments on the Bloodline storyline.
Since the summer of 2020, Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman have been the most dominant duo in WWE, with Reigns running through the competition and Heyman orchestrating his wishes. The Bloodline story has been referred to as "cinema" by fans as the matches have been the backdrop to the moments.
Speaking to Phil Schneider of The Ringer, Heyman commented on how the storyline has evolved and changed.
“I’m a huge proponent of writing the last page of the script first. It’s always to the advantage of long-term storytelling,” Heyman says. “I don’t think it was ever done better, ever, than the Brian De Palma–directed movie Carlito’s Way, because the very first frame of the movie tells you the ending. The first scene in that movie is the end of the movie. Then you’re taken on a ride with these characters that are so layered. The audience is truly emotionally invested in them to such a degree that when you know the movie is coming to the conclusion, you have forgotten what the ending is, and you’re rooting for Carlito, even though you were just told less than two hours ago he’s going to die on that train platform at the hands of this person in front of his soon-to-be bride. The magnificence of that storytelling is, to this day, so dramatically underappreciated. I’ve always been of the belief that the launch of the story is the first push toward the conclusion. The finish is everything.
“All that being said. I think I would suggest the ending of this story has already been rewritten multiple times because the world has changed since the inception of the Bloodline story. Therefore, what was a clear vision of how this should play out almost four years ago changed along the way based on not only the audience’s investment in the characters and the stories but the world itself—society itself, pop culture itself, sports culture itself has all changed, and now we can see the trajectory that we’ve been on takes us so much further than we ever initially imagined.”
Heyman previously revealed that Roman's character was inspired by Marlon Brando in "Apocalypse Now."
Reigns is set to induct Heyman into the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2024.
