Damian Priest was solid in ‘Black Panther 2: Wakanda Eternally’ earlier than the position was “taken away”.
The WWE famous person – whose actual title is Luis Martínez – is a former World Heavyweight Champion and one of many firm’s most featured wrestlers, however he almost made strikes into Hollywood after touchdown a task within the Marvel blockbuster.
Chatting with the ‘Perception with Chris Van Vliet’ podcast, he mentioned: “It is a lengthy story, however mainly… it received taken away from me, however not from Marvel.”
At one level, Priest was linked to the position of Namor – which finally went to Tenoch Huerta Mejía – but it surely’s unclear if he was provided that half or one other character.
And though the 41-year-old wrestler didn’t explicitly say who stopped him taking up the venture, he agreed with the interviewer when it was hinted that, below earlier WWE boss Vince McMahon, “the regime was a bit of bit completely different at the moment”.
Priest insisted he is “prepared” if one other Marvel position got here up, earlier than shortly stating his wrestling profession has soared since lacking out on the job.
He mentioned: “It is humorous, as a result of now [I’m] busier than ever! Come what might, I am good with it. Possibly [if] I do one thing like that, I am going a distinct route, and I am not sitting right here with you because the world champ, having been a world champion.
“I received a world championship at WrestleMania – I do not know if that occurs.
“Look, I dwell a sure means now that I can not take a look at remorse, I can not take into consideration stuff that did not work out my means, I gotta take into consideration what’s subsequent and what I can do positively for myself. It did not work out. not the top of the world – the film was nice although!”