Stephen Amell Heels On The Green Arrow

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 September 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Stephen Amell was the Green Arrow/Oliver Queen on the CW superhero series, “Arrow,” and now he’s Jack Spade on the new Starz scripted pro-wrestling drama, “Heels.” Stephen talks about the story, the role, and what it was like working with writer/director Michael Waldron. Stephen also recounts his real-life wrestling experience at WWE, ROH, and AEW! He talks about his friendship with Cody Rhodes, how Christopher Daniels helped him in the ring at ROH, the invite he got from the Young Bucks to participate in All In, and the feedback he received from Triple H after a specific WWE house show. Stephen also shares the story about meeting Vince McMahon, and the move he tried to steal from Jericho to use in episode 1 of “Heels!”

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0:00.0	I'm talking to you, Jericho baby.
0:04.8	Talk is Jericho.
0:07.8	Talk is Jericho mama.
0:11.2	Talk is me.
0:13.3	All right, welcome to Talk is Jericho.
0:14.8	It is the pot of thunder and rock and roll.
0:16.9	And there's the new wrestling show on stars.
0:19.2	A scripted drama called Heels starring Steven Amel, who you guys probably know from the
0:24.9	CW series Arrow. He played all over Queen, the green arrow on that show for eight seasons.
0:31.0	He also wrestled in a W. He also wrestled in WWE.
0:34.2	And now he's playing one of the brothers who run a wrestling promotion in the new stars
0:39.8	show Heels.
0:41.4	I got Steven on Talk is Jericho today.
0:43.1	Finally, we've been talking about doing it for years.
0:45.8	Talking about his involvement in Heels and how his real life wrestling experience has
0:48.8	helped him bring this new character and this new show to life.
0:52.6	We talk a lot about the real matches that Steven has had once again in WWE with Cody
0:56.4	Rhodes and Neville and the feedback he got from Triple H after that show.
1:00.7	He also here about his interaction with the Insticman.
1:03.5	Steven's also sharing the story about his match with the young Bucks, Cody and Christopher
1:08.1	Daniels at Ring of Honor and then how he got involved in all in in Chicago a few years
1:13.2	ago.
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