{"id":4567,"date":"2019-02-15T16:59:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-proxy.atomtickets.com\/?p=4567"},"modified":"2019-03-05T18:17:04","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:17:04","slug":"exclusive-dwayne-johnson-stephen-merchant-in-a-fighting-with-my-family-featurette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/exclusive-dwayne-johnson-stephen-merchant-interview-fighting-with-my-family\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Dwayne Johnson &#038; Stephen Merchant &#8216;Fighting With My Family&#8217; Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On the surface, the partnership between pro wrestler turned Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson and lanky British funnyman Stephen Merchant might seem like a team-up destined for a reboot of <em>The Odd Couple<\/em>. But the pair worked closely together to bring wrestling movie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/fighting-with-my-family\/245910\"><em>Fighting with My Family<\/em><\/a> to life.<\/p>\n<p>Atom Insider has an exclusive, behind-the-scenes featurette exploring just how Merchant got on board with, of all things, directing a wrestling movie \u2013 and how he and Johnson got close enough to troll each other as friends.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VSazpQNswb0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We don&#8217;t know about you, but we kind of want them to do a buddy team-up movie now (sorry, Kevin Hart, this time Stephen will smell what The Rock is cookin&#8217;).<\/p>\n<p><em>Fighting with My Family<\/em> is the based-on-a-true-story movie of former WWE Diva Paige (real name Saraya-Jade Bevis) who grew up in a wrestling family in England. The movie follows her dreams to become a full member of the WWE and her fight to become one of the organization&#8217;s unlikeliest members and youngest champions in history. (Seriously, <a href=\"https:\/\/atomtickets.com\/movie-news\/fighting-with-my-family-true-story\/\">it&#8217;s an amazing story<\/a>.) It&#8217;s getting great reviews so far, and is set to entertain both wrestling fans and movie lovers alike.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is in theaters\u00a0today for limited release then expands nationwide next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atomtickets.com\/movies\/fighting-with-my-family\/245910\"><strong>Get your tickets for <em>Fighting with My Family<\/em> here!\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"hb8SAc kno-fb-ctx\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg-6rUsbngAhVLHDQIHV_SD0MQziAoADA8egQICBAB\">\n<h2>You Might Also Like<\/h2>\n<hr style=\"color: #000; width: 95%; margin-left: 0;\" \/>\n<!-- The Grid Plugin Version 2.7.4 --><div class=\"tg-error-msg\" data-grid-name=\"Home Featured\">No post was found with your current grid settings.&#xa;You should verify if you have posts inside the current selected post type(s) and if the meta key filter is not too much restrictive.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"hb8SAc kno-fb-ctx\" data-hveid=\"CAgQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjg-6rUsbngAhVLHDQIHV_SD0MQziAoADA8egQICBAB\">\n<div data-rtid=\"iYhHhk583CmQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the surface, the partnership between pro wrestler turned Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson and lanky British funnyman Stephen Merchant might seem like a team-up destined for a reboot of The Odd Couple. 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