John Cena says he was told Barbie was "beneath" him

American professional wrestler and actor John Cena would have turned down the opportunity to appear in Barbie if he hadnt listened to his gut On a recent episode of The Howard Stern Show he shared that his team advised him not to do the movie reported PeopleSo its not a big team which Im grateful for I dont have a publicity department I have a manager only because its me and him Were kinda like a twoprong fork said CenaAnd an agency that goes out and tries to look for work and I dont put it past them theyre just going on what they know And what they know is This entity this commodity gravitates toward these things we should stay in this lane But Im not a commodity he continued Im a human being and I operate under the construct of every opportunity is an opportunityAlthough the actor was busy filming Fast X when he read the screenplay Barbie happened to be filming on the same studio lot allowing him to eventually meet Margot Robbie who encouraged him to play a mermanEven when the Barbie producer and actor assured him that he would just have to go through half a day of filming his agency was not convinced I think the perspective from an agency standpoint was This is beneath you which I get that explained the WWE wrestlerBut also to the agencys credit immediately they acquiesced and I was like No were going to do it but all they can do is offer their guidance said Cena Theyre not ultimately making a choiceAnd their guidance is Truly trickledown economics from this may take you out of these lead lap slots And I get all that continued Cena Ive always operated under the philosophy that good work gets you another chanceAccording to People by listening to his instincts Cena participated in a film that earned the biggest opening weekend of 2023 and grossed over 14 billion worldwideThe film is up for eight awards at the 96th annual Academy Awards including Best PictureAfter Robbie failed to get a Best Actress nomination and Greta Gerwig failed to be nominated in the Best Director category Cena shared with People why he feels awards arent the only metric to successI try to operate under the construct that What can I control And I cant switch anything thats happened shared Cena at the UK premiere of ArgylleI can let my friend Margot and I can certainly let Greta know that awards arent the only metric to success and they have made a movie that has done tremendous business and changed a lot of lives in the process he added And I think thats one hell of an achievement reported PeopleThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever