The Miz And Summer Rae talk about their upcoming movie and WWE futures
Donald Wood, Mike Chiari and Brandon Galvin recently interviewed The Miz and Summer Rae on Ring Rust Radio. You can check out the full interview in the video below, while here are some of the highlights:
Q. Your movie, The Marine 4: Moving Target, was released on DVD and Blu-ray today, April 21. While you have done several WWE films, this is your second consecutive time working on the Marine franchise. Do you feel you have taken over the role as the Marine on a permanent basis, like we see in 007 films?
The Miz: It was a huge honour to be asked to do the Marine once again. We know John Cena did the first, Ted DiBiase did the second, and I did the third. Then to be asked to come back and do the fourth I couldn't believe it. Any time you do a movie with the name Marine in it, you have a huge pressure put on your shoulder. Those are real heroes over in war zones, sacrificing their lives, being away from their family and friends, and here I am being an actor portraying them it's a huge honor and I hope I make them proud and entertain them and they enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
Q. This question is for both Miz and Summer. What was it like to film the Marine 4 together, was it comforting knowing there was somebody else from WWE there during filming?
Summer Rae: Kind of but we weren't really on set a lot together. I played one of the mercenaries so I was one of the bad guys and he was the good guy. It was interesting in that dynamic especially while watching the movie. I didn't see a lot of the scenes till three weeks ago when we first saw the movie. I hadn't seen any clips till it came out at our screening five days before WrestleMania. I would see him in passing and it was good because I could text him or call him or ask him what to do. Also I didn't have to latch on to him because I had my own set of friends. I told him that I had my own group of friends on set and they think I am hilarious.
The Miz: So she was surrounded by a bunch of dudes. She comes up to me and tells me, "Mike, I was so funny today". So I asked her how many girls were there, and she said none. I asked how many guys were there, well they all were. So I asked if she really thought she was that funny or was it because she was a pretty blonde girl.
Summer Rae: I was on fire; you have no idea what I was saying. It's actually funny too because we both became friends with all the stunt people that worked there. It was almost very similar to wrestling. To be a stunt person you kind of have to have a screw loose like you do in wrestling. It was interesting how we kind of gravitated to those people.
Q. On Monday's episode of Raw, you defeated Damien Sandow to keep The Miz brand. What does the victory mean for you as an actor retaining your name and what do you think comes next for Sandow?
The Miz: I don't think anyone realizes how valuable the Miz brand is. I have had it over 15 years now, over a decade. I have developed it, and now my stunt double/personal assistant that I brought up and made him relevant. Damian Sandow was fired twice from this company and he was on his way out again, and I came in and gave him relevance. I gave him a championship and everything. Then of course, the WWE Universe has to tell him that he is better than the Miz, you should go out on your own, and you can do it. Then what happened? I went out there and proved them all wrong like I always do. It's up to Damian Sandow what happens next. I can't do anything more for him because he left and made his decision. It's up to him if he is going to succeed or fail.
Summer Rae: Damian Sandow should know better than to fall for a silly girl. That never works out.
The Miz: Basically I had that plan all along and he fell for the con.
Summer Rae: What can I say, the bait was there.
Q. In your win over Damien Sandow on Raw you received a little helping hand from your Marine 4: Moving Target co-star Summer Rae. Even though you're just coming off a partnership of sorts with Sandow could we see an alliance between yourself and Summer moving forward? Do you think that would be beneficial to you?
The Miz: You never know what's going to happen in the WWE and that's the best part of being a WWE Superstar. You get there on Monday for Raw or Thursday for Smackdown and who knows what's going to happen, its live TV so you never really know.
Summer Rae: You never really know so we will see.
The Miz: She obviously would love to be around me.
Summer Rae: Hey I tell you, they hate me, they hate you, and we might as well join forces.
Q. With your acting career really taking off and you mentioning on our show before, an interest in becoming world champion once again, do you fear one goal will begin overtaking the other, and if it came down to it, would you rather be a big-time movie star or world champion again?
The Miz: It's a difficult time, because I have done the main event of WrestleMania and retained the WWE championship. Do I want to do it again? Absolutely. I wouldn't be in the WWE if I didn't want the ultimate goal and that is for a Superstar to be in that main event. Obviously though doing these movies you want to be the biggest star you can be. In a sense, if I go do movies, I would always come back to WWE. Its home to me and it's what I have always wanted to do since I was a kid.