WWE legend Paige hopes to act alongside Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and hails current state of British wrestling

WWE legend Paige has revealed her ambition to act in a movie alongside Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson following her retirement from wrestling.

The 27-year-old's journey from fighting in Norwich community centres to winning the Divas championship was immortalised on the silver screen in last year's Fighting with My Family.

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, who paved the way for WWE stars to make the transition to Hollywood, served as a producer on the film and also made a cameo appearance.

And in an exclusive interview with SunSport, Paige - real name Saraya-Jade Bevis - opened up on her ambition to follow in his footsteps.

She said: "So obviously I'm standing down a little bit more with WWE, so I'm not doing the wrestling side of things, just doing the analyst stuff for FOX on WWE backstage.

"So now I'm slowing down with that I want to start going into acting.

"Acting is something that fulfills me too, just like how wrestling does so I'm excited to go down that path."

On who she wants to act alongside: "Anyone. Obviously Dwayne (Johnson) because he created Fighting with My Family and I just feel like this full circle kind of thing to end up being in a movie with the guy that kind of kickstarted my family's career more so.

Acting is something that fulfills me too, just like how wrestling does so I'm excited to go down that path

WWE star Paige

"I mean we already had a career but it helped elevate it so much."

Actress Florence Pugh starred as Paige in the 2019 biographical sports comedy film and has since exploded in Hollywood, earning an Oscar nomination for her role in Little Women.

And the WWE star added: "Yeah, I was super chuffed for her. I'm so happy, she just keeps getting nominations everywhere.

"She's amazing, actually it's weird we're very similar to each other, like our mannerisms and everything is crazy similar it's like looking at me but she's way nicer."

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Fighting with My Family was based on Channel 4's 2012 documentary about the Bevises, a wrestling clan from Norwich that strived for stardom.

The contrast to the current state of British wrestling couldn't be greater, with WWE since launching its own UK brand that has it's own weekly televised slot on BT Sport.

Although Paige revealed how desperate she would be to return to wrestling, the former Divas Champion has backed the partnership to be a knockout success.

She said: "Oh, it's massive. First of all, just because WWE hasn't even changed channel in the last thirty years so for BT to get every WWE platform there is - it's a huge deal, not just for WWE, but for BT too.

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"I just feel like it's that much of a bigger deal that people are going to be just tuning in just to see what's going on.

"It's gonna be a huge success, I can see it. It already is, just doing this media tour, there's just this aura about everything. Everyone's excited. Everyone's happy and everyone's excited about the journey."

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