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WWE News: Full details on John Cena's new movie, "12 Rounds," being filmed in New Orleans Mar 29, 2008 - 11:19:02 AM
The Times-Picayune (La.) newspaper published a full-length story on the filming of WWE's "12 Rounds" in New Orleans. The film, starring John Cena, is being shot with an eye on a PG-13 rating to draw in the demographic that was missed with WWE's previous R-rated movies.
Director Renny Harlin claimed the movie could turn Cena into a legit movie star. "I really think this is a movie that's going to make John a movie star, an action star," Harlin told the paper last week. "We're concentrating on making it very realistic: nothing bigger than life, no superhero stunts, nothing that a normal guy who has the energy and stamina couldn't do. So I think it's going to really work on many levels and bring him down to kind of an Everyman -- a guy men can relate to, women can like, kids find appealing."
Filming has been taking place since February, and will continue until May. The cast and crew know Cena takes off Mondays for TV, and will be in Orlando this weekend for WrestleMania. He'll be right back to filming the Tuesday after WrestleMania, and he'll most-likely miss the big post-Mania European tour.
Cena provides the plot of the movie. "After I've been promoted to detective, I kiss my wife-to-be goodbye and she leaves the house. I walk out of the house, I get a phone call from this criminal, and my house blows up," Cena said. "And that's where we start with, 'OK, I'm out of prison, I'm coming to get you, your girl is collateral, but I'm going to put you through these 12 rounds for what you did to me a year ago.'"
Cena said he's doing his own stunts through various car chased and car scenes "because I'm much more comfortable behind the wheel than saying lines to the camera." He said the filming has been much easier in New Orleans, compared to when they filmed "The Marine" in Australia. Cena said the city has granted more access to various parts of the city. "New Orleans has been open arms," he said. "Everybody here has been so giving and wanting a good movie to be made here so more business comes back."
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