Samoa Joe offers the physique for the Will Arnett-voiced Candy Tooth character on “Twisted Steel,” Peacock’s adaptation of the violent and vehicular online game collection of the identical identify. Whereas one might argue that his efficiency is overshadowed within the grand scheme of issues, he discovered a fan within the present’s main man — and the brand new Captain America — Anthony Mackie from the second he walked on the set.
Whereas talking to Selection for its “Actors on Actors” collection, Mackie praised Joe’s means to select issues up so shortly, which is extra spectacular resulting from his lack of appearing expertise. Moreover, the AEW star’s work ethic garnered some consideration from the Marvel star, who praised Joe’s dedication.
“I used to be blown away by this dude from the primary second he stepped on set. Initially, he is a bigger than life human being. He was doing the whole lot with that masks on. He was appearing his a** off. It was wonderful as a result of he and Will labored out this concept of what the character was going to be and he was doing a little circus-type efficiency.”
Mackie famous that Joe entered the set realizing what was anticipated of him, even going as far to say that some veteran actors aren’t able to doing what he did. Mackie additionally believes that Joe’s efficiency gave Arnett lots to work with when he stepped in to voice the character after the AEW star laid down the bodily groundwork.
A number of WWE stars have been additionally thought-about for the Candy Tooth position, however the AEW star beat them to the punch. “Twisted Steel” wrapped filming its second season earlier this yr, so hopefully Joe will return to motion quickly after being written off AEW tv to concentrate on his appearing pursuits.
