Cody Rhodes recalls only interaction with Roman Reigns on ‘Street Fighter’ set
Cody Rhodes gave a glimpse into his character Guile in the upcoming Street Fighter movie and whether he ran into Roman Reigns on set.
In Rhodes’ interview with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, the WWE Champion was asked how he felt about portraying the patriotic pilot from the Street Fighter video game series.
“In my mind, like Green Day, ‘Time of your life’ is playing. I had so much fun.”
He was asked if he shared any scenes with Reigns and said he only ran into him once.
“We actually, I’m gonna tell you something, we had one day on set, and the way the set was, and he could probably reiterate this, I think they thought we were going to fight or have issue. Because they were very cognizant on the radios of stepping out with Guile, Akuma will be coming on. They were very cognizant of we would not cross paths. And we did because I had to tell him the direction of one of the trailers.
That was our only moment, and it was a very awkward, like the weirdest, that’s a crazy relationship. I have nothing but admiration for what he’s done and accomplished, but I don’t know what it is. I don’t know, I don’t even like talking about it because I don’t know what it is. It’s just a very strange relationship.”
When asked whether his issues were with Joe Anoa’i the person or Roman Reigns the wrestler, Rhodes reiterated the complexity of their relationship.
“I don’t know if there’s a difference and the same as me. Ask him that damn question. Yeah, but I can tell you from what I saw of his fight, if he has a fight, I can tell you what I saw was really special. And I think fans of Street Fighter, Kitao Sakurai put something really special together. And when you have an Andrew Schultz, a 50 Cent, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Orville Peck, gosh, Vidyut when you have all these fun, unique characters, and then you have Noah Centineo, you have Koji, you have Callina as the heart of the movie. It really gave us a great ensemble that we could have fun. We could not goof around, but we could try things.”
The film is set for release on October 16. The cast features several notable names from across the entertainment industry. Reigns will play the role of Akuma, while New Japan’s Hirooki Goto is cast as E. Honda.
Up next for Rhodes is a contract signing with Randy Orton on the March 13 SmackDown ahead of their match at WWE WrestleMania 42.
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