Speaking on Busted Open on WWE Radio, former WWE champion Drew McIntyre said that the new leadership team at WWE is more open to Superstars appearing in Hollywood movies compared to the prior regime.

McIntyre said that under Vince McMahon, the idea of someone leaving for weeks to go film a movie was not something which he liked and always shut it down because they were needed for WWE live events and TV.

But WWE President Nick Khan and WWE Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque have a different outlook on it, and see it as a good opportunity for more exposure.

“These days, both the lads see it as, ‘Hey, if this is good for you and your brand, you want to do it, that’s awesome.’ And if it works for our brand, if it helps everybody, if it gets more eyes on the product, they’re all about it,” McIntyre explained.

McIntyre did say that unlike now, under McMahon there were way more non-televised live events so they had to be on the road often, which did not help with their Hollywood ambitions.

“But as I say, Nick and Paul are very much of the mindset, if it makes sense, if it helps everybody and helps your brand, which in turn helps our brand, because I’m not going anywhere anytime soon,” he concluded.

McIntyre, along with Jacob Fatu, Joe Hendry, Booker T, Nikkita Lyons, and Michael Hayes, will be part of WWE and ReelShort’s first action-drama Agent of Shadows, which premieres on Friday.