WWE Champion Cody Rhodes Felt Like He Was Born To Play Movie Character
The WWE Champion Cody Rhodes feels like he can handle being a movie star, along with his WWE responsibilities.
Before Cody Rhodes became a WWE superstar, he moved to Hollywood with his sister to try to make it as an actor. The acting career didn’t take off the way he wanted, and that led Cody to enter the wrestling business, like his father, Dusty Rhodes, and brother, “Goldust” Dustin Rhodes.
Considering Cody Rhodes is a 3-time and current WWE Champion who is going to headline WrestleMania for the fourth year in a row this year, he obviously made the right choice getting into pro wrestling.
In the upcoming “Street Fighter” movie, which will be released in October 2026, Cody Rhodes will play Guile, and early photos of him in the role make it clear he certainly looks the part.
During an interview with Complex Graps, Cody Rhodes talked about juggling his life as a major WWE superstar, an actor, a husband, a father, and a busy guy overall.
“I do consider myself a master juggler. The really bright side of the question is WWE now is run by Nick Khan and Triple H, and Nick Khan knows the value of the Street Fighter IP. Knows the value of, hey… I heard, I don’t think it’s breaking news, I heard my opponent side plate, I heard he’s going to be part of Highlander. These are great for WWE.
They’re great for the fans. They’re great for us who when we grew up with it and then you see like, ‘Oh look, it’s Batista and he’s getting the biggest laughs in the theater,’ which as a wrestling fan—yes, he did it.”
Rhodes would go on to say he will be able to balance everything in his life.
“I think it will all work out in a sense. I owe WWE, especially when you have this, you owe everything to WWE minus perhaps your soul… but sometimes that gets brought into question too. But I think I’ll be able to balance as they’ve come a-callin’, and I really appreciate everyone there—Brad Slater and WME and everyone—appreciate that direction for sure.”
Cody Rhodes Enjoyed Playing Guile In “Street Fighter” Movie
Regarding his run as Guile in the upcoming “Street Fighter” film, Cody Rhodes said he thinks fans will enjoy it.
“I hope people really enjoy Guile. I don’t want to give too much away… but I am the most pro-American guy ever. It sometimes gets skewed into a political thing and that’s not the case—I just love everything about the USA. I’m a sucker for it. I was born to play Guile.”
“Especially when it comes to the tournament itself, which I feel like Guile might take umbrage with how the tournament comes together. He’s a guy with a claw, they’re letting him rock. One dude’s green. People got psycho powers. I’m just—you’re an Air Force colonel one day and your hair is made that way because you went Mach something, this guy’s doing yoga stretching across the room.”
Rhodes spoke about taking the Guile role seriously.
“It was really important to me… people who love Capcom are watching these animations frame by frame. I cannot be the one jerk who screws this up. So I’m sitting there watching everything and trying to get it right.”
“I had so much fun on that movie that I’m really excited for people to see it. Street Fighter fans, of course, are going to be well honored by it.”
New look at Cody Rhodes in ‘STREET-FIGHTER’. pic.twitter.com/AicmUzQyCQ
— PoppingCinema (@PoppingCinema) March 12, 2026
Sweet hair, champ.