If you spend any time on the set of a major studio movie, you recognize that one key ingredient in the whole filmmaking process is patience. There is a lot of repetition, with multiple takes are respectively executed from different angles, and there is a whole lot of time in between setups as different departments perform a variety of different tasks to ensure that everything on camera looks perfect. It's not what you might expect from an outside perspective, and for John Cena first entering the business after becoming a star in the big and flashy world of WWE, it required a huge adjustment that made him question his future as an actor.
Cena is now well-known as a multi-faceted and talented performer (recently dubbed the GOAT of wrestlers-turned-actors by his The Suicide Squad/Heads Of State co-star Idris Elba), but in a new career retrospective interview from Vanity Fair, he explains that his first experience in movies – namely making 2006's The Marine – was a deeply unsatisfying time. During that point in his career, he wasn't familiar with the "hurry up and wait" nature of Hollywood, and it led to frustration:
