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He might play a tough-as-nails smoke jumper in Playing With Fire, but even John Cena needs some downtime to recover – but he’s only just learned how to do that.

The wrestler-turned-actor took on Metro.co.uk’s buzz game for the second (and much harder) time, as he revealed the lessons he lives his life by – and they’re very similar to that of BTS.

Although his character in the movie doesn’t show much emotion initially, John is quite the opposite in real life, as he tries to live as authentically as he can.

He told Metro.co.uk about his rules for life: ‘Live it. And be honest with yourself in the way that you do. I think a lot of folks like to say how they live and it contradicts with actually who they are.




‘Live life, be present and be honest with yourself about who you are and who you’re not. Because it allows you to achieve the things you really want and not put on this fake sort of front of like “I’m doing this to give a great image of who I am, but really I’d like to do these things”.

‘And that’s a brave step for a lot of folk. BTS touches on self-care and self-love. Loving yourself and being OK with who you are is the first step to being like “Well, these are the things I would like to accomplish”

Speaking about the band’s time off ahead of their comeback, John admitted that he has only just learned how important it is to give yourself some downtime to rest in the middle of a busy schedule.

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He explained: ‘I think everyone, especially a group like that – I know what touring the world is like, I know what constantly performing is like and constantly living for the appreciation of those who follow you – that sort of rest just allows you to come back stronger and better, and even re-evaluate like “are we doing the right thing?”

‘And I’m not saying like they shouldn’t be doing music but maybe giving them inspiration on a new project or switching their style up, I don’t know.

‘I think rest is good, and I’ve just recently learned that and it can be super productive and good, so good on those guys for understanding the value of rest and recovery.’

John is a self-confessed member of the ARMY, and BTS’s music can be heard throughout the film – although John admits that wasn’t down to him but a happy coincidence.

He might have bossed the buzz game the first time around, but he was having no such luck this time – though the hand-shaped toy did come in pretty, ahem, handy (sorry) for his iconic ‘you can’t see me’ move.

Playing With Fire is out on DVD now.

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