Recently on The Jim Ross Report, Former IMPACT Wrestling Knockouts Champion Tessa Blanchard spoke with WWE Hall Of Famer Jim Ross on a number of professional wrestling topics including her participation in The Rock’s Fighting With My Family Film about the professional wrestling odyssey of WWE Superstar Paige.
According to Blanchard, she worked as Paige’s stunt double in The Rock’s upcoming film, Fighting With My Family, as seen below:
“Yeah, I was the stunt double for Paige, so I did all the workouts, all the wrestling, anything athletic as Paige,” Blanchard explained. “I was her stunt double, so we spent about three months out in [Los Angeles, California] and then we flew over to the [United Kingdom] and finished working on the movie there.”
Blanchard also shared that getting the opportunity to work side-by-side with The Rock was “absolutely special”. Moreover, “The Undeniable One” said that “The Great One” is very patient and detail-oriented, as seen below:
“Goodness gracious, it was absolutely amazing because we had the opportunity to get in the ring and train with The Rock,” Blanchard admitted. “And what a patient and down-to-Earth person, someone who’s so high profile, but is still just so down-to-Earth and patient with people. And he really cares about the end product, so he takes the time to go and work on the details us. It was absolutely special.”
Blanchard also claimed that reading the script for the film gave her an appreciation for Paige’s struggles, as seen below:
“For someone like Paige who has had to deal with a lot in the professional wrestling world, and lately, I feel like it has been a hard year for her kind of with the fans and with everything medically. But it’s really cool for her because it shows her story and her family’s story. And it really focuses on the inspirational parts of it and how she had to work for everything that she has.” Blanchard added, “just reading the script before we actually went into production, it just really hit home and and it really hit my heart.”
You can check out the interview in the embedded audio player below: