Thanks to Donald Wood for sending in the following:
My name is Donald Wood from Ring Rust Radio. Fellow columnists Mike Chiari, Brandon Galvin and myself had WWE Star The Miz on the show this week, and it was a great episode with plenty of exclusive content.
YouTube interview: http://youtu.be/pZ_7i6Erswk
Ring Rust Radio Episode: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ringrustradio/2015/02/03/ring-rust-radio–feb-3-w-wwe-star-the-miz-interview-and-raw-review
The Miz Interview
Donald Wood: You are guest starring on USA Network’s hit comedy series SIRENS this Tuesday, February 3rd. You are portraying an obsessive gym-goer named Lance. What kind of character should the fans expect and describe your experience on the set of the show.
The Miz: Here is what I want you to imagine: When you go to the gym, the guy grunting, wearing compression pants, barely has anything on, staring in the mirror, checking out his muscles, and flexing is the character that I am portraying right now. It was a lot of fun. I have been in a lot of gyms and seen a lot of these characters so it was a lot of fun to play. The cast of Sirens is just so cool and so fun. Sometimes when you do a guest-starring role, it’s very hard to come in because these guys all know each other and you don’t know anybody. They really made me feel like part of the family which made me very comfortable on set. That is acting 101, to be comfortable and relax and they made me feel like that. We had a lot of fun and it’s going to be a great episode. With Psych no longer on, I feel like Sirens has taking over where Psych left off. Psych was such a great show, a fun show, and an interesting show that I also once guest starred on. Now Sirens is taking over that funny, interesting, cool comedy that I’m really happy to be a part of.
Mike Chiari: When you appear on a TV show like Sirens or when you star in a movie, how does that translate and help you in terms of being a WWE Superstar? What things are you able to take away from those experiences and apply to your craft?
The Miz: You know anytime you get to act with different actors it’s a whole new experience. You learn so much about yourself and different things. Acting on a movie set is very different than acting in the WWE. In WWE we are performing for everybody in that arena. You have 18,000 strong cheering or booing you, where when you are on set you just have 20 people there. You don’t have anyone chanting “you suck” so it’s a completely different experience. You get more than one take, you get a bunch of different camera angles. You take what you learn from every experience and bring it back to the WWE. What I’ve learned is with acting and doing things for film you get a bunch of different takes, but in live TV you only get one.
Brandon Galvin: You’re one of WWE’s go-to Superstars for media tours, appear on nearly every show while also filming movies and TV show such as Sirens on USA. Being on the road so much, do you ever have time for yourself and is there something you enjoy doing on the road when you do have time to take a break?
The Miz: Time to myself is being in the WWE. We are on the road 250 days a year, we’re traveling, and the media stuff is a blast. I enjoy going to these different locations and going over the different media we do is a blast for me. Time to myself I don’t really need it. I’m young, I’m having fun, and as long as I’m having fun I don’t need time to myself. I want to work as much as possible because I enjoy what I’m doing.
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
