It's clearly been an unbelievable week for you.
>> Yeah. >> So we are thankful that you're
back here on The Bump, considering how big your week has been.
Again, yeah, what's the response been?
How are you feeling?
Are you still on cloud nine?
Again, you being a star on the Mandalorian, like [SOUND].
>> My heart is still beating so fast, because I still haven't
taken like Everything in it because it has just been non stop,
work, work work and I'm but it's so exciting.
I just can't I cannot believe it.
I cannot believe it and the response is just so
incredible that I need to take a break from the internet.
I'm so thankful for.
My god, it makes me feel just so awesome what an episode I
can't believe like this is like my debut in Hollywood and baby Yoda.
I've been Star Wars that I just cannot just stop smiling and
just being like so blessed and thankful because a holy just damn, damn.
I just cannot believe it.
>> [LAUGH] >> It's so crazy.
I am so thankful.
>> It is, while the episode was mega dope.
Also Sasha, thank you for joining the show.
Always a pleasure to have the best wrestler in the world on the program.
>> Thank you.
>> You're very welcome.
For those who may not know though,
can you tell us a bit about how you landed the role on the Mandelorian?
How all this came to be?
>> I got the role by someone's sliding into my DMs.
>> [LAUGH] >> A casting director.
And they said John Fabro really, really liked me, and he wanted to talk to me.
And I was like, wait what?
And he facetimed me and I was like what?
>> Wow, wow.
>> Wow. >> And he's like I saw you on Hot Ones and
I really, really, really like you and
I really want to write a role for you in the show of That's called the Mandalorian.
And I was like, okay, I have to see with my work, if I can do that.
And he's like, no, no, it doesn't matter.
Whatever we can do to have you on it, we want to do.
And I was like, My God, I cannot believe it.
And now here I am.
>> Wow. [CROSSTALK] >> What I life I can't believe it.
I'm so thankful.
>> So boss what was your first day on set like and
how was that transition from like being different then in the ring than on set?
>> I really walked in there like a boss because I was so incredibly nervous.
This was something so big and it wasn't like a F rated movie.
It wasn't a wasn't a Z list D list movie.
It's Star Wars.
And I walked in there like, Okay, this guy chose me and you are special.
So act like it.
I walked in there I was like, My God.
[LAUGH] Anything, I don't even know how to describe the set as in,
you can't describe it.
I'm so sorry, it's like going to a Wrestle Mania and everything is just so special.
It's just like so, so
special, and The production of it all is just so incredible.
You have to be there, which you guys well, I'm sorry,
>> [LAUGH] maybe it's an describable.
>> Sasha we've had conversations with you here on this show in this studio and
anybody who's ever followed your career whether it be as a superstar you've been
as a fan know that your whole life you've been so involved in loved wrestling but
did acting ever come across your mind before the Mandalorian?
>> I mean, I can't say now, eyes on anybody if anybody has ever had dreams
imaginations, when you watch a movie, you envision yourself in it.
Everybody sees themselves and what they do in life.
Everybody just puts themselves in there.
I've always gotten a dream been like, well, what if I was a movie star?
What if I won an Emmy?
Or what if I was a rapper and when I Grammy, I mean why cannot Why can I?
Why can I not Why can I not be the best at everything in wrestling it just came.
So just, just into my life.
The universe just said You know what Mercedes Sasha Banks,
you're going to be something really, really special and
change a lot of minds and opinions and create a lot,
a lot of magic and wrestling, and create a lot of history and change the game.
So why not try to do that in somewhere else too?
And why not make you even more?
Special so I thank you universe for giving me so much more.
And I'm so so thankful for everything.
It's so incredible.
So follow your dreams let your dreams and
imaginations get you to where you want to go because
you guys are all living it right now and you guys can do absolutely anything.
>> No, I love that it's so special and such a special time.
And something else that's special and
you shared it on Instagram on Friday morning is that you sat down and
watched the debut episode of your character with your family.
What was that somebody, [CROSSTALK] >> Get me.
>> [LAUGH] >> You guys know how to get me.
It's awesome.
It's so awesome because in life things like Star Wars happens to you.
And it's such a blessing.
But you never know what people go through.
And there's a reason that they're down here.
And it's so crazy that they're down here watching the first
episode of me debuting Into this world.
It's so awesome.
And it was actually the same day as the day that Edie girl passed away too.
I just was like, What the heck?
How's this?
This is so crazy.
And just seeing my brother's face
is like the same reaction how he watches wrestling with me.
He was so so happy.
Like he couldn't believe it, he had to do a double-take like Mercedes that's you?
I was like, yes, that is, I can't believe it.
Like, we're just all screaming in the living room
here it comes because another part.
>> [LAUGH] >> But, I had to just only get to watch it
really fast, but I was just screaming cuz I had to go to work.
Buy nice snack.
I mean, I'm the champion.
>> [LAUGH] >> so incredibly special.
I'm so thankful that my mom and brother got to be here.
And my brother just means everything to me inspires me so so much and I'm just so
thankful >> I cannot stop being
thankful [CROSSTALK].
>> You were tremendous in the show, we actually have a clip right now for
those who maybe didn't catch it so, let's take a look right now at The Mandalorian.
>> Its been loaded with weapons as we speak.
According to the ports manifest is scheduled to depart at first like
>> so we still away.
>> We've been hitting him pretty hard.
They scan for life forms as a precaution before pushing back.
>> If you want to do this with four, you're gonna need the element of surprise.
>> Exactly.
Right now.
I mean, I know you still have,
probably haven't fully wrapped your mind around what is happening.
But since you are a star Wars fan,
how much even crazier does he think that you're,
Sasha you're now fully forever cemented in the Star Wars universe.
>> Crazy. >> It's cool.
>> This is forever!
>> It's forever. It's so, so forever.
You know I already see people doing fan art and
doing cosplays and it's like what, I don't even know what today is.
But it hasn't even been a week.
And it's so cool because this universe it's just it's so different.
And it's so unique and just to be such a different character
to be a Mandalorian it's so awesome and I'm so badass and
I kinda wanna do a cool little >> Wait for
a match sometime I feel
like I need a transition
now into the ring [CROSSTALK]
This near.
>> [LAUGH] On top of the episode being bonkers, which it was, the behind
the scenes element of it, John Fabro wrote it and Bryce, Dallas, Howard directed it.
This is your first acting gig, as Caitlin mentioned, the star Wars.
What is it like working with two literal pillars and
icons of the industry on literally day one?
Of your acting career.
>> Great. >> How how and
how are you gonna make me sing it?
>> [LAUGH] >> Brice was nothing but incredible.
She text me she called me she brought me in.
She literally took my hand and guided me, because I was so incredibly nervous.
I was like I honestly don't know what I'm doing and I'm, kind
really just kind of scared because I don't like I'll let you guys down and
I don't want to let my fans down or myself, and this is really, big.
And she was like, Girl, no, you're awesome.
You're fine.
if you need any help, I got your back and she did, she was so incredible.
And she was so.
Loving and so kind and so gentle.
And as you can see, this episode has just they have not stopped talking about it.
It's been trending nonstop.
It's like, to me the best episode of both seasons cuz I'm in it and
vice directed it, but she was so awesome and
John was just my gosh, he just kind of reminded me of Triple H in a way
of just like a dad like, of like got any questions kid?
I'm right here.
>> [LAUGH] >> Let me know and I'm like Okay,
thank you.
[LAUGH] Because I mean, it's just like it's a whole new world.
It's a whole new world.
It's, it was hard because I just I went from doing raw,
going straight to LA back to raw.
I got no sleep.
I had to transition from taking off the blue hair,
putting on Costco, it was so hard.
It was just probably one of the hardest times
of my life of really not I'll sleep when I'm dead.
I'll fake it till I make it because, it was nonstop and I'm just so
thankful for their guidance because I was drained,
I was drained, was killing it because nobody knew.
And I'm so so thankful.
>> [LAUGH]