Chelsea Green recently spoke with Jay Reddick for the Orlando Sentinel; you can read a few highlights below:
Green talks about how this year’s tryout was different than her first one back in 2015:
“That’s why I went in there so confident. I’m going to give it my all, but I’m also going to know my worth, know that I have options, and that’s the best feeling in the world.”
“This was grueling in a different way. It included skill, agility, mental toughness, and things you really need to be a wrestler. I like that change.”
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Green says she doesn’t know if she’ll definitely get signed, but she’s happy with her tryout:
“I don’t know if anyone can say, oh, I know I’m going to get signed. You don’t know what they’re looking for. You might have excelled in-ring but you might not have excelled at promos. It’s about giving it 110 percent, and then having NXT want you in their family. If they don’t want me, I am still happy with the performance that I gave. That’s all you can ask for.”
Green comments on her role in a new film called ‘Red Eye’, trying to step out of her comfort zone:
“I have a couple of speaking scenes, then a fight scene stunt role. On camera, it will look like I’m fighting myself – I fought a stunt double who looked like me. It was wild.
In wrestling, I don’t consider it acting because it’s improv. A lot of people gave me props for my acting ability when I didn’t really think I deserved it. … But I auditioned for this role, and it was awesome to be chosen through that process. A lot of times in wrestling, you get booked because of your name or where you’ve been, and this wasn’t like that.
I’m feeding my soul with things other than wrestling. I love wrestling, but now wrestling is a job, it’s my livelihood. Sometimes the job takes over and you forget to have fun and you forget to be creative and try new things. When I get opportunities like this, it’s a whole different experience and I have to take advantage of it.”
