Drew McIntyre starring in WWE microdrama 'Agent of Shadows'

Someone named Rust Belt Ryan? Is that his name? I thought it was Barry the Builder. But I'm pretty excited to see his entrance. Are you talking smack already? I'm talking smack already. We're talking smack down, we're talking smack. Let's do it. All right, Rust Belt Ryan, come on out. Got a little competition going on already. Yes, yes. There he is, Rust Belt Ryan. WWE superstar Drew McIntyre called me Barry the Builder. Well, my alter ego may be retired, but for Drew McIntyre, he is getting bigger and better than ever. McIntyre starring in Age of Shadows, a new spy thriller. It's the first micro drama film of the real short WWE collaboration. Drew McIntyre joins us now. Drew, my good friend, how are you, brother? Barry the builder for me again. talk to me how are you i'm doing fantastic it's so great to see you and uh you are just continuing uh to take entertainment to new heights talk to me about age of shadows and how much fun this is because this feels like something really new it is something really new it's been a crazy six months for Drew McIntyre i've never had this kind of time off from wrestling in my life i finished at Wrestlemania my last match then i was off in Scotland filming Highlander and i was living in Spain with Russell Crowe filming a movie called Last Druid. I did a Disney voiceover for Hex and then suddenly WWE came to me and said hey, we're partnering with RealShort for one of these micro-dramas you might have heard of that are a lot of fun and we want you to play this role where you'll be the Q to the lead character's James Bond and a lot of people will be in there including Michael Hayes, get a look at the script I read the script, it was a lot of fun, a lot of chance to show some range and I got the chance to be on the set and i had so much fun i don't know the fans are gonna have fun watching it Drew talk to me about this micro drama and RealShort as we're getting a look right now it is in the vertical form where you know so many people uh in social in the social media world see this is how people watch television and their phones and their laptops and everything these days yeah especially the youth of today like everybody's down here on their phone and i'm guilty guilty of it too And it is quick and easy to watch the fun thing about this particular one It has a bit of everything all of a sudden the action you've got the WWE superstars It's got some romance in there got a lot of comedy We're we're able to improvise and I improvise like crazy I'm from live TV and it's got heart as well So it'll be a lot of fun to watch I did see a couple on my journeys back and forth where I was like, oh man and suddenly I was sucked into the world There was one with an evil kid and evil evil mother where the guy seemed like the nice dad and the kid was like, give her the money, dad. I was like, God, this is crazy. And then I was sucked in and suddenly I was watching episode after episode. It was so easy to watch, easy to follow and hooked me right away. But this one's the biggest budget one I believe they've ever done. The lead character, Adam, who's played by a lad called Chase. He's been doing this since 2019. Tall handsome mother right there. And he told me they've never done anything this big. We filmed in the Hollywood Hills and the Biltmore Hotel. I've got my own little bat cave where all my technology is. I'm the tech guy. I'm the brains of the operation. You know, of course, I'm sex appeal as well. And when called upon Oh, Ashley, you'll enjoy this one. Barry the Builder. I finally used my sword. I carried the sword to the ring for years. Never got to, you know, use it on anybody for obvious reasons. That would have been PG and all that. But finally I use it in Edge of Shadows. I'm glad you didn't use it on me. Drew, how long are these episodes? It's in the name real short. They're short episodes, right? yeah i mean i would have to double check the exact time but i believe it's like a minute two minutes each episode um and yeah you follow through and it's very easy to follow very easy to pick back up and i'm allowed i'm allowed to talk about the fact it was filmed horizontally as well so that'll be around in the future so i'm excited about that but the vertical world again so easy to watch so fun to watch for our fans there's a lot of easter eggs in there for everybody i think they're going to be surprised not just from the acting elements but from the kick like sorry from the action elements, from the acting elements from some of the WWE superstars because they did such a great job. Drew, final thing. I mean, you are making obviously a huge name in the ring, but also now a huge name in Hollywood. Is it different? Is it more fun? I'm sure it's safer for your body, but nonetheless, are you having more fun with the Hollywood aspect of it? No, no. I'm not having more fun, but I am having a lot of fun. It's so different and the chance to not just push myself physically after a match I'm beat up after a workout my muscles are you know worn out and when you push yourself so hard emotionally as this was a chance to show some vulnerability you know working with Henry Cavill as his brother in Highlander or as Russell Crowe and I won't give away too much details but in the last route it's called it's coming soon I really got to push myself and test myself and with the emotional range and afterwards I just felt so drained, and that felt so fulfilling. But after this cut and everyone moves on, I'm looking around like, can somebody clap or boo or something? It just feels weird. Yeah, I guess there's nothing like performing in front of thousands, tens of thousands of live fans. Drew, the next time you're in Detroit, I may have to come out of retirement, and we'll have that match, that final match for Barry the Builder. you're the best man you are the best you've got a lot of fans in Detroit brother we'll see you real short uh the world you got it real short the world's uh leading micro drama platform get it today