Seth Rollins comments on Captain America and a potential future in Hollywood.
In May, photos emerged of Seth Rollins on the set of "Captain America: New World Order." Rollins' role in the film has not been confirmed, but he did offer a bit of insight when speaking to Alex McCarthy of the Daily Mail.
"I am sworn to a certain level of secrecy, so I can't divulge too much information on that. What I will say in response to your question is that it is cool, it's cool to get opportunities to do something outside of your comfort zone. This is what I love, WWE, professional wrestling, it's all I've ever wanted to do and all I ever intend to do as a career for as long as I can, but anytime you get to a certain level in this industry there's going to be opportunities that come your way and I love taking chances at this point in my career," he said. "I mean, you can tell with the fashion sensibility I have become known for over the last few years, that I love taking chances! So if you get the chance to do something incredible outside of WWE, you've got to take a look at it, try and make it work the best you can because you only get one life and one chance and you never know when you might get an opportunity like that - so you got to make it happen."
The likes of Dave Bautista (Batista), John Cena, and The Rock has crossed over to Hollywood on a major scale while other wrestlers have landed steady gigs in Hollywood while continuing to wrestle.
Asked if his future is in Hollywood, Rollins replied, "As I sit here right now in my wrestling school seeing people fall down behind me, I feel like I'm always going to be part of the industry in some shape of form. You look at The Rock as the example here, and he's a different beast, right? What you were seeing from John at the time, he was at the peak of his popularity in WWE at the time and it was seeing The Rock come back every year. So, The Rock wasn't just gone for a hiccup, he was gone for a year and then coming back and taking away an opportunity from someone else who had been there and grinding and all that. What John didn't see was the bigger picture and how many more eyes The Rock was going to bring to WWE, to WrestleMania and to the talent as a whole. John missed that part, and he will tell you now that he was a little nearsighted in that regard. And you saw when John Cena came back to WrestleMania this year, it wasn't to be on the marquee, it wasn't to be anything other than to be part of the show and contribute in any way that he could."
He closed by saying, "As for me, I don't know where my future lies. I feel, like I said, at this moment wrestling is my future for as long as I can do it at a high level. But there's going to come a day when falling down is going to turn my bones to dust and I will have to start looking elsewhere and seeing what other options there are. I don't think that's coming any time soon and I'm just in the prime of my career right now and there's a lot of years ahead of me."
Rollins is set to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Title against Bron Breakker on June 20 episode of NXT.
Should he win, he will defend the title against Finn Balor at WWE Money in the Bank. Fans can check out the current lineup for WWE Money in the Bank by clicking here.
