Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130)

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Sean sits down with ‘Masked Man’ host David Shoemaker to discuss the evolution of pro wrestling on the big screen (0:31). Then Stephen Merchant joins to talk about his relationship to wrestling, working with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and turning Florence Pugh into a believable professional wrestler (21:28). Host: Sean Fennessey Guests: Stephen Merchant, David Shoemaker Wrestling film recommendations: The Big Show Off Night and the City The Foul King Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.0	I'm Sean Fantasy, Editor-in-Chief of the Ringer, and this is the big picture, a conversation show with some of the greatest sports entertainers in the world.
0:39.0	I am joined today by two guests in the back half of this conversation.
0:42.5	I'll be chatting with writer, director, erstwhile, podcaster, TV show creator, all around Entertainment Wonder Kinn,
0:48.9	Steven Merchant, who has a new movie coming out, called Fighting with My Family that he wrote and directed that is about the WWE professional wrestler page,
0:57.7	and her life and her journey to the big stage.
1:00.4	But before we get to Steven, I'm joined by my Ringer colleague, the chief design mind behind the site, a podcaster extraordinaire himself,
1:09.7	and of course, the masked man, David Schumacher, what's up, David?
1:12.6	Hey, man, I'm so happy to be here.
1:14.4	And before we get too far into this, I just want to say this will be the second time in my life that Steven Merchant is still my seat.
1:21.2	He took my chair at WrestleMania a couple of years ago, and I will never forgive him for that.
1:25.4	What?
1:26.4	When did this happen?
1:27.1	I was actually sitting in his chair to be totally honest.
1:30.0	I came around to say hi to, you know, Bill and some other folks, and there was an empty seat, and I was just hanging out,
1:35.5	and then he showed up halfway through WrestleMania, and I happened to be in his chair.
1:39.3	So he actually told me the story of going to WrestleMania.
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