Dave Bautista has praised CM Punk while making the media rounds to promote “The Killer’s Game” movie, which also features Drew McIntyre, who has been feuding with Punk nearly all year in WWE.
While appearing on BuzzFeed Celeb, the former WWE star spoke highly of Punk as an actor. Punk has appeared on the TV series Heels and was the lead star of Girl On The Floor.
Bautista stated, “You know who I think was really overlooked as an actor? I don’t know if he hasn’t pursued it as much as he’d like to because he’s still heavily pursuing professional wrestling but it’s CM Punk, Phil Brooks. His potential in acting is pretty unlimited. So I really wanna see more from him in acting, and I’d actually love to work with him because I think he has a passion for acting, but I think, still, his heart is in professional wrestling. Until he’s able to let that go a little bit, he’ll never be able to fully envelope himself in acting and I think Phil Brooks…he’s a great actor.”
Punk and Bautista have been friends for years. Punk is slated to meet McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match at the Bad Blood PLE next month.
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