As noted, Bill Goldberg recently took part in an interview with Scott Fishman for Channel Guide Magazine while promoting his new film Check Point.
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In addition to discussing his professional wrestling status, Goldberg talks about how the film’s subject matter is appropriate today, his feelings on our country and safety, how professional wrestling fans remember his career, and much more. You can read a few excerpts below:
Goldberg on why Check Point appealed to him:
“The character, the timing of the plot, the timing of the subject matter couldn’t be on point as we are seeing right now. There was a great group of people working on this. Everybody on set made it a good experience. Everyone is extremely patriotic, which also helped. Everyone had a vested interest in it. This wasn’t your normal movie project. It was a very touchy subject matter and one that needs to be addressed. We need to raise people’s awareness. If any time they need it to be aware, it’s right now.”
How it relates to current events in the world, including the Paris attacks:
“It shows you the day and age we live in. There are some highly radical human beings on this planet who choose to do nothing other than terrorize its citizens. As a true red-blooded American, I am up in arms. I am disgusted with what is going on. I am tired of sitting back and waiting for things to happen. We need to be proactive. I think we need to shore up our borders. I think there are many things that are coming to light right now that need to seriously be taken into consideration.
In this day and age of political correctness I truly believe our country’s safety is much more important than that. It’s a fine line. I mean look at the refugees right now. It’s a horrible situation, and my heart goes out to them. But at the end of the day opening our arms to refugees coming to our borders without putting them through stringent background checks or whatever it may be is asinine. Let them in, but they have to go through a process.”
Goldberg’s thoughts on his wrestling fans:
“I can’t tell you what a huge honor it is to have them remember so much. I must have done something right. There isn’t a day that goes by where someone doesn’t come up to me about the career I had in a wrestling ring. It just makes me proud. I was able to get people to buy into what I was doing and follow me and put me up on this pedestal. I greatly appreciate it. I will always pay homage to those people no matter how I feel about the business. Those fans are truly the best fans in the world. I’m awed and humbled every day somebody would ask me if I still had interest in getting back into it.”
