John Cena Recounts Films He Was Considered For A Role In; Duke Nukem, Terminator & Shazam! Among The Titles

Cena names film projects he was considered for.

As John Cena is on his road to retiring from in-ring competition, he is also making the rounds on the media and convention circuits.

Cena took to the stage for a Q&A session at FAN EXPO Boston. He was asked about film projects that did not come to fruition and shared that there were talks of him being in a Duke Nukem film, a Terminator movie, and having a role in Shazam!

“That’s the tough thing about film. You can’t get too excited until rubber hits the road. There’s been a ton of stuff. There’s a Duke Nukem thing for a while that was supposed to be going on. There was talk of me possibly going into the Terminator universe, there was talk of me in the Marvel Universe, there was talk of me for Shazam! You wanna give your all to something but you also have to hedge your enthusiasm. Man, we all get frustrated in life, right? Think of the last time you were frustrated and think of the why. It’s always because we have expectations in our head and those expectations get moved, or they don’t get met. When it comes to filmography, you gotta be easy on what you expect, because nothing is guaranteed, and then when rubber hits road and they say, ‘We’re making this,’ you gotta go hard, and you gotta invest, or you won’t get another chance. So, there have been things that I wanted to work out but never anything that I’m fully invested in until it’s real.”

Cena’s next match is scheduled for September 20th. He’ll be in the main event of WWE’s Wrestlepalooza Premium Live Event against Brock Lesnar. Cena’s final match is taking place in December in Washington, DC.

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