Seth Rollins Discusses The ‘Grey Area’ In Being A Babyface Or A Heel

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Throughout the careers of most professional wrestlers, the shift in perception between babyface and heel takes place multiple times.

While a large amount of a babyface’s presentation changes when they turn heel, there are other aspects that largely remain untouched.

Speaking to Last Meals, Rollins discussed his upcoming role as a villain in Captain America: Brave New World, and the difference between playing a hero and villain, both on the big screen and in the wrestling ring.

He said:

“Life is not black and white, and so good and evil aren’t always so black and white. There’s a lot of gray area. And the other thing is that it always changes. The same thing goes with wrestling, right?

“So to figure out how that applies to a large crowd, what they want or what they want to cheer, the difference between a good guy and a bad buy–a heel and a babyface–I think figuring that out and being able to put it into practice teaches you a lot about people.”

Rollins is currently a babyface on WWE television, and is set to defend the World Heavyweight Championship against Drew McIntyre, who is undergoing a slow heel turn, at Crown Jewel in Riyadh this Saturday.

quote via Sports Illustrated

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