Cody Rhodes Recalls Meeting Where He Was Cast In Street Fighter, Was Worried How WWE Would React

Cody Rhodes looks back on being cast as Guile in the upcoming Street Fighter movie.

The Street Fighter movie that is set to release on October 16th later this year is set to feature a large cast of recognizable names, including both Roman Reigns as Askuma and Cody Rhodes as Guile. For Cody, the casting came in a meeting where he only expected to be asked to consult on the flick.

While speaking to The Breakfast Club in a new interview, Cody Rhodes looked back on the meeting where he was cast as Guile, noting that he was concerned about how WWE would react to the news.

“So, Roman Reigns has been announced as Akuma, and I thought, ‘oh, man. Dang, man. That’s awesome. Good for him.’ But also like, ‘dang, man.’ I was really happy for him, right? I didn’t think they’d be interested in anybody else from the wrestling space, but I got a call saying, ‘would you come to Legendary and meet the producer?’ (of Street Fighter) I thought it was just a general meeting. Sincerely thought it was a general meeting, and I thought best case scenario, they’re like, ‘could you consult?’ Because I played this game and I loved this game. I had a buddy who played competitively in Japan. I’m like, ‘man, I know enough. Maybe they’ll have me as a consultant. If not, great meeting. Happy to go.’ I get there and the director’s on Zoom, he’s in Australia. Producer’s across from me, I’m just thinking, ‘ok, cool. We’re gonna talk Street Fighter, talk 1994.’ Then they said, ‘give us a second, the head of the studio wants to come down here,’ ok, that’s cool. I like meeting people. This is a no pressure meeting for me.’ She comes in, and just like (had) all the aura and swagger you could imagine. The whole room is there, and she just hits it. She’s like, ‘hey, I know your schedule is what it is, but we really like you for the role of Guile, and we think you’d be incredible. The dates are going to be what the dates are. These guys are gonna give you the information, but I’m just happy to meet you. This is gonna be awesome.’ She leaves. So I’m like: ‘What? What are we doing here? Is this real?’ I’m also lying through my teeth a little bit because the guy’s asking me, he’s like, ‘You think WWE will be okay with that?’ ‘Yeah, yeah. They’re gonna be great. Champ’s going to leave for them, they’re gonna be great.’ Thank gosh WWE’s president Nick Khan, he knew the power of that movie. He understands, and Triple H understood. It was an easy sell. But after I left, it was all set up. There’s another wrestler in Hollywood, I’ll just leave him nameless, who called me as I’m leaving, and he goes, ‘hey, how’d that meeting go?’ Like he knew. He knew it was about to go down. So I told him for the future, I go, ‘you can tell me. Like, I’m not gonna blow it, you can tell me.’ But it was so much fun.”

Elsewhere in another recent interview, Cody addressed Roman Reigns implying he was nervous on the set of the movie. You can read more about that here.

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