WWE superstar Becky Lynch talks to FanSided about the release of The Marine 6: Close Quarters, how her role may have helped her in WWE and working with The Miz and Shawn Michaels.

WWE superstar Becky Lynch is arguably the hottest thing in the world of professional wrestling these days … and I’m not just talking about women’s divisions. She is a bona fide star who has earned every single thing she has gotten in the business and along with being the SmackDown Women’s Champion (at least at the time of this writing), you can also now add action star to her list of accolades.

The Marine 6: Close Quarters was released on Blu-ray and digital by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and WWE Studios on Tuesday. This is the sixth film in the franchise that started back in 2006, and the latest version stars The Miz, Shawn Michaels and, of course, my guest for today, ‘The Man’ herself, Becky Lynch, who stars as Maddy Hayes, the leader of an international gang of criminals that have kidnapped a young woman. Fantastic.

From the official press release:

Mike “The Miz” Mizanin returns as Jake Carter, joined by his fellow WWE Superstars Shawn Michaels and Becky Lynch for THE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS, the action-packed adventure hitting digital, Blu-ray™and DVD on Tuesday, November 13 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Jake Carter and another former Marine, Luke Trapper (Michaels), join forces to rescue a kidnapped girl from a gang of international criminals. The sixth installment in the successful franchise also stars Louisa Connolly-Burnham (Time Will Tell), Terence Maynard (Edge of Tomorrow) and Tim Woodward (K-19: The Widowmaker).

FanSided: We’re here today with WWE superstar and now action star, Becky Lynch (real name Rebecca Quin), a.k.a. ‘The Man,’ who is just having a monster week and monster year. Becky, it’s great to have you here. Thank you so much for joining us.

Becky Lynch: Thank you for having me.

FanSided: So today is the big Blu-Ray and digital release of The Marine 6: Close Quarters, starring yourself, The Miz and Shawn Michaels. Without spoiling too much, can you talk a bit about your character, Maddy Hayes, and how she now fits into this franchise and maybe how different it was to step into this role as opposed to the role you play every week on WWE television?

Becky Lynch: Absolutely. So Maddy Hayes is very much a no-nonsense, do-what-it-takes lady. When I was filming this role, it was completely different to what we saw on TV with Becky Lynch, right? Smiling and cheery, just clapping hands and having a good time and then she changed and then be Maddy Hayes and there was a lot of difference. Now, of course, Becky Lynch is no-nonsense, doesn’t matter who it is, who’s punching me, I will fight them and fight everybody and do exactly what it takes, and I don’t care if I have to go to nefarious means similar to Maddy. So now it kind of relates and it’s almost perfect timing.

FanSided: Did playing Maddy Hayes kind of help you in that transition into this “heel” role — obviously with the crowds doing what they’re doing, it’s not the traditional heel — but did that help with what we’re seeing now (in WWE)?

Becky Lynch: It might have. But the other part that’s worked so well is that it’s all very real. The frustration with Becky Lynch is so real, like the frustrations of always working, always being the outgoing and showing a positive attitude and then getting walked over time and time again and finally saying enough is enough. That’s all very real, so I think that’s what resonates with the crowds. But of course, having a little bit of training beforehand helps. But the other part of the Maddy Hayes character, for me, you just find parts of it that’s real, which is kind of bizarre, and kill people. But you will go to the means necessary to get what you want sometimes. Yeah, no, obviously not that.

(We both had a good laugh at that.)

But you find what’s real and you find that no-nonsense part of yourself and try to bring that in.

FanSided: With this being your first big movie role, how helpful was it to have people on site like The Miz, who’s been doing this a while now to help out as filming a movie is going to be different than doing what you guys do in WWE? And then, of course, I do have to ask. How intense was it to get in there on camera and mix it up with a guy like Shawn Michaels?

Becky Lynch: Both of them are absolutely wonderful. The way Miz navigates himself and upholds himself, he’s very much a leader. He was the star of the movie and he very much helps us with that, creating such a great atmosphere, and everybody loves coming to work every day. And then Shawn was just so generous and was just so unbelievably great in this role (Luke Trapper), just absolutely incredible. So it was just an absolute joy, an absolute dream. I loved every second of it. Shawn was very generous with his advice, both in acting and in wrestling, so it was phenomenal to be able to work with both of them.

FanSided: So in making this movie, The Marine 6 … is this something you want to continue to do? Is this something you want to continue to pursue as your career takes off and moves forward?

Becky Lynch: Oh, absolutely. I loved every second of it. There wasn’t a single moment that I didn’t enjoy. I like the early wake-up calls … even the waiting around … the things that being in WWE kind of prepares you for. We have a lot of time by ourselves but we usually don’t get nice trailers. I love the whole cast, the whole crew, everybody was wonderful. I couldn’t give you a second of negativity from my whole experience.

FanSided: Becky, thank you for your time today. Good luck with everything moving forward.

Becky Lynch: Okay, thank you so much.

Author’s note: Okay, so at the time I transcribed this interview, Tuesday night’s episode of SmackDown Live had not yet aired. If you haven’t heard, there are reports swirling that Becky had suffered not only a broken nose but also a concussion during her amazing segment on Monday Night RAW, which really was phenomenal. Battered and bloodied, she came out of that segment as the biggest thing in WWE and it’s a shame that it looks as if she may miss some time as her popularity is at an all-time high, and the dream match with Ronda Rousey was likely the biggest selling point of Survivor Series this Sunday.

This should have been maybe the biggest week of Becky Lynch’s career. With the release of this movie and the match on Sunday and everything else that she’s been doing so wonderfully, it’s a shame if this is all true. But it also makes her making time for me today that much more fantastic. Even dealing with doctors and traveling and everything else I’m sure she had to go through in the last 24 hours, she still took 10 minutes to talk with FanSided, even going so far as to say hello to my twin daughters as we recorded, who are such big fans of hers.

So I just wanted to say thank you to Becky Lynch for her time today. I’m sure I can speak for all of the WWE folks here at FanSided in wishing you a full and speedy recovery. If she does happen to be out of action for a bit, at least we’ve got The Marine 6: Close Quarters to get our fix of ‘The Man.’