John Morrison (aka: Johnny Mundo, aka: Johnny Impact) is announced to be on the newest season of Survivor which is going into it’s 37th season. The theme for this season is “David vs. Goliath” in which people who have battled through life’s hardships go up against a team that comes from privilege. Morrison comes from the latter.
Entertainment Weekly conducted an interview with Survivor‘s host, Jeff Probst and he had this to say about Morrison and the new season:
Like most of our casting theme ideas, it comes when Mark, me, the producers, and CBS begin the casting process. Usually we don’t really have an idea at first and we just start to see what’s there and we typically [figure out the theme] the month before. But we just never got to it this season. And then I remember a day when this guy Christian came in, and he told us his story which was that he was always a bit of a nerd when he was a kid, and he had to overcome social awkwardness his entire life. He was picked on, and you can see it in how he carries himself, his body language — it’s almost like he has to get permission before he speaks.
So he was, in many ways, this personification of a David. He had been overcoming obstacles his entire life. And what nobody would ever suspect is that he was now a robotics engineer, and in the right situation that intelligence and that education could be his secret weapon. And then we had a guy that was the polar opposite. This guy that’s known as Johnny Mundo [a.k.a. John Morrison], the mayor of Slamtown. He’s a professional wrestler, he’s gigantic, he’s charming, and he’s smart. He started with advantage, he had a great family, and he’s used all of these skills to slay everybody his entire life.
You can read EW‘s full interview by going here and for a preview of the new season you can visit CBS’s website by going here.
