Drew McIntyre says Batista helped him land his first movie role in The Killer’s Game.
On Booker T’s Hall of Fame podcast, McIntyre said the biggest lesson in moving from wrestling to film and TV was learning to relax on camera.
“That’s what Batista told me on The Killer’s Game. He got my foot in the door. He brought me into that movie. He told me, ‘When you see the camera, you relax.’ And sure enough, I relaxed,” McIntyre said.
McIntyre said that led to a role in Highlander.
“A couple of years later, I had the chance to meet Chad, who directs the John Wick movies. He’s doing Highlander, and offered me the part of Angus, Connor MacLeod’s brother, which is a huge movie I watched as a kid.”
He said Highlander then led to The Last Druid.
“It led to meeting Russell Crowe, who asked for me to do The Last Druid. I didn’t believe my agent. I actually hung up.”
McIntyre’s WWE and ReelShort project Agent of Shadows premiered on October 23.
