Crave Online: Since so many of your wrestling colleagues have been breaking into movies, how does WWE create these movie stars?

Mr. Kennedy: Well, I think we're movie stars. I think we already are movie stars really. What we do is really not that much different than what guys in Hollywood do. We tell stories and it takes a certain amount of acting ability to be a wrestler in the WWE and I think some are better than others. So I think it's just kind of a natural transition.

Crave Online: How did you pick Behind Enemy Lines: Colombia as your first film?

Mr. Kennedy: Well, when you're first starting out in the acting business, you kind of take what's given to you. This role was kind of just they called me up and said, "We'd like you to read for this role." I went and read for it. Turned out I got the part and I wasn't about to turn anybody down. I thought the script was a good script and involved one of my favorite genres in the movie industry. I love war movies. I love army movies and anything like that, action. That's how it happened.

Crave Online: Can you out-military Jon Cena?

Mr. Kennedy: Well, definitely. Actually having gone through the military myself in real life, I was a member of the Army Reserves for six years and went through boot camp and stuff like that. So when we got to Puerto Rico and we had to go through our military training for the movie, it was kind of like being off of a bicycle for several years. You pick it up and you know how to ride it right away.

Crave Online: Where do you see the importance of military accuracy versus pure entertainment?

Mr. Kennedy: Well, I think there's a fine line. I think that it's important to be accurate just because hopefully we're going to appeal to the people that are in the military and I know for one, when I watch a movie that has a military background to it or a military feel that I'm always looking for inaccuracies and things like that. Not necessarily that I'm looking for it, but they stand out like a sore thumb to me when I see it and it really bothers me. So we wanted to make sure we try to be as accurate as we possibly could. There are some things in the movie that aren't accurate but you also need to have those inconsistencies or inaccuracies if you will just because the real thing doesn't translate to camera. A lot of times a guy wouldn’t be taking a knee in the middle of a field to fire at the enemy, but lying flat on your belly isn't easy to get picked up by the camera. You've got to take the knee in this case.

Crave Online: How much fun was it playing soldier in the jungle with the guys?

Mr. Kennedy: It was awesome. I grew up playing G.I. Joe in the backyard with my friends and playing cowboys and Indians and things like that, so it was just really, I felt like a big kid in the backyard, except this time there were real helicopters flying around and there were real fireballs and explosions. It felt like there were real bullets wizzing by your head when you've got the squibs going off and little chunks of wood flying all over the place.

Crave Online: How did you find playing to cameras versus the live arenas?

Mr. Kennedy: It's a little more difficult because in the WWE, we're able to kind of adjust on the fly if you will because we can tell how the crowd's reacting. If you do something and the crowd doesn't necessarily react to it the way that you want them, you can change it up and try something a little different. Then hopefully they'll react to that and a lot of times that's what happens. Whereas in this case, you've just got to go and trust your gut, your instincts and hope that it translates on camera and hope that in the end you get a good product. But you don't get to see that end product for several months after the filming is done.

Crave Online: Did you want to find places to do any WWE moves in the film?

Mr. Kennedy: No, I don't think it was appropriate for this. Again, I don't think suplexes and things like that are things that Navy SEALS do so I think it would have looked hokey and silly in the movie. I generally don't like to see wrestling moves done in movies. That's my take.

Crave Online: What are you looking forward to in the upcoming Royal Rumble?

Mr. Kennedy: Well, I'd like to say that Mr. Kennedy would be involved in winning the damn thing but I'm still recovering from my injury. I have to say that Royal Rumble is by far, I think, my second pay per view of the year. Royal Rumble's my favorite match. Wrestlemania obviously being my number one favorite pay per view but I always like to watch the Royal Rumble if I'm not involved, to just watch it as a fan. You never know what to expect. You've got 30 guys. There's always some surprises, like last year we saw Piper and Snooka go at it for a little bit which was pretty exciting for us. Hopefully it was exciting for the crowd. My favorite match of the year so I don't know what to expect.

Crave Online: Will you still be involved in a speaking context?

Mr. Kennedy: I really don't know. I honestly don't know. Usually they call me a couple days before Raw and tell me that I'm going to be on Raw that week.