On occasion, some of the in-ring occurrences now called for actors to be involved, even during scenes seemingly best suited for wrestlers. “I played a police officer in a scene where ‘Kronik’ became too unruly in the ring,” remembers Michael Leslie Miller, an actor of some 15 years’ experience. “We were [instructed to] mace, beat, and handcuff these out-of-control wrestlers, and escort them into a waiting police car. “We were told to ‘be careful’, though, ‘because the mace is real - aim for the chin, not the eyes’.” Somebody said, ‘excuse me, did you say this is real mace? Why are you using
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