Among the stars of the new Street Fighter movie are former WWE rivals Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns, but another professional wrestler, Hirooki Goto, is also in it.
This makes the “American Nightmare” happy. He is “proud” of having three wrestling stars represent their industry in the blockbuster movie, as he told Denise Salcedo.
“I really think it’s a moment for all of wrestling to be proud. It’s kind of our moment, right? I’m so lucky that I got offered this role,” he said. “You get three wrestlers in a movie. I remember going to see Guardians [Of The Galaxy] and people being curious how Dave Bautista would be, and then the first big laugh was a Drax moment, was a Batista moment. I felt like, ‘Yeah, that’s the wrestler, that’s the guy.'
“So the fact that you have Roman [Reigns], you have [Hirooki] Goto, and me all in this, and everyone’s vastly different. I’m excited for wrestling,” he continued.
Who do WWE wrestlers Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns play in Street Fighter?
Rhodes and Reigns play Guile and Akuma, respectively, in the new Street Fighter movie. Goto played E. Honda in the movie as well.
Article Continues BelowThis is one of Rhodes' first major acting roles. While he previously had a small role in the Stephen Amell-led Arrow series, he had his first major acting role in The Naked Gun last year. He played a bartender and shared the screen with Liam Neeson.
Reigns has had roles in other blockbusters in the past. He starred in Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, playing Mateo Hobbs. He also voiced one of the Zebros in Zootopia 2. Another one of his former foes, CM Punk, voiced the other Zebro.
Street Fighter has made over $50 million to date at the box office. It led the domestic box office in its opening weekend, grossing over $30.7 million.