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Wrestler Chris Jericho embraces ‘scream king’ status with slasher ‘Dark Match’
From playing a washed-up rock star in 2010’s “MacGruber” to a gruff psychiatric hospital orderly in last year’s “Terrifier 3,” pro wrestler Chris Jericho has built quite an eclectic acting resume.
Yet a realm he’s steered clear of on the big screen is the very one where he made his name: the squared circle.
“I don’t really like doing wrestling-related movies because I wrestle, and I find that they’re a little bit clichéd most of the time,” says the Winnipeg native on a virtual call from New York.
“And frankly, a lot of them aren’t very good.”