Saraya shares advice she gave Florence Pugh ahead of filming of Fighting With My Family.
In 2019, MGM released a biopic on Saraya's journey to WWE, with Florence Pugh starring as her in the movie. The timeline of the movie follows Saraya from just before her WWE tryout until her WWE main roster debut on the night after WrestleMania 30.
While speaking on the Lightweights podcast with Joe Vulpis, Saraya recalled Florence texting her for advice ahead of her first scene, which happened to be the final scene of the movie.
"Her first scene was the end of the movie scene where she's walking out on the ramp. It was in LA. It was called the Staples Center, but she was... she walked down the ramp. I remember her texting me beforehand. She was like, what do I do? Like, she was like, I've never done this before. I was like, this is literally like, this is acting. You're acting. Instead, you're doing it in front of a live audience, right? I was like... Once you walk out, you're going to feel like they're not even there. Just focus on Thea (Zelina Vega), who's in the ring, and you'll be good."
The movie would go on to gross over 41 million dollars on an 11 million dollar budget.
In a seperate interview, Saraya stated that she would be interested in returning to WWE as Paige following her AEW exit. You can read more about that here.
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