I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding.

I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am.

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.

My passion is the wrestling.

Drax isn't your average stereotypical soldier/warrior/musclehead. He actually has some depth. It was a character that I wanted to play, not only because I love acting so much, but also, I needed to play to get people to actually take me seriously as an actor and get away from the pro wrestling label.