In her upcoming movie, The Marine, WWE superstar John Cena goes on a rampage when his girlfriend (Carlson) is kidnapped. The Marine is scheduled for this fall, right when season four of Nip/Tuck is airing. Carlson returns to that series as well, promising more wild Kimber antics to plague Christian Troy.
When will we see you in The Marine?
“It comes out in October and it’s an action movie, which I love doing. It’s just an action movie. It’s for dudes and it’s fun because I love fighting. I’m very much a tomboy, so I can play Kimber and then I can be a cute, tough chick which I love.”
What’s the character?
“Kate, she gets kidnapped, her husband comes after her, it’s very simple, and annihilates everything in his path. It’s like him following me and me being kidnapped by Robert Patrick. I get my ass handed to me all the time, beat up girl. So it’s a guy’s movie. It’s a guy’s action movie and my boyfriend directed it. That’s not why I got the movie. Yeah, I want to do more.”
When do you get to kick the ass if you’re kidnapped?
“Well, I try and escape. I fight ‘em. It’s actually funny. Do you remember Lethal Weapon? It’s like that. It has over the top special effects, but there’s that kind of ‘90s humor that’s missing right now in our action movies. I don't know if you’re a fan of that.”
If you only knew…
“That’s what my boyfriend does, so he really wanted to incorporate some humor, so that when you’re doing a movie that has such over the top special effects, you’re not insulting the audience. You have to wink at the camera, otherwise people get bored because it’s like, ‘Well, I’ve seen that 10 times. I know that’s not real. This is boring.’ You do wink at the camera, which John Bonito is so good at doing. He wanted to incorporate the whole Lethal Weapon Mel Gibson/Danny Glover banter. Not that there’s two cops. There’s not, but there’s elements of that type of humor that go along with over the top action.”
Who kicks more ass, that girl or Kimber?
“Me. I want more of that. I love being physical. I don't know why. That’s my own issue but I wish last season I had a fight scene with Rhona Mitra. I was like, ‘Please, give me a fight scene,’ so maybe they’ll give me one this year.”
Playing characters so based on being the beautiful woman, does it make you self conscious?
“Yeah, of course it does. I’m pretty comfortable with my body and I work hard at it, but I’m certainly not perfect. It takes some getting used to. And you know what’s funny? I noticed when I go to spas, because I go to spas a lot, if there’s not a private changing room, you see the women kind of going, ‘Go ahead, take off your clothes,’ because they want to see if you really look like you do on television. They’re kind of like, ‘Okay, let’s see your flaws.’”
I like to see the flaws. Don’t tell me they’re ‘enhancing’ you.
“They’ll do some post work called color correction, but if you pause any of my nude scenes like if I’m standing up or something, it’s not fixed. I work my ass off on my body.”
What’s your routine?
I life weights. I eat really healthy. I rarely drink alcohol. I had a half of a drink tonight but I haven’t had a drink in six months. I just don’t. There is pressure, and I’d be the first to be scrutinized if I wasn’t in shape.”
Is there any fun to that or just hard work?
“It’s just part of work and it keeps me healthy. I’ve been really sick for the past three days, not from anything you’d catch, but I had to go work out today because I just needed to get my blood moving. You just look better and feel better. I recommend everybody exercise a little bit.”
