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TVLine is reporting that Arrow star Stephen Ammel will be starring in the Starz eight-episode pro wrestling mini-series Heels, a project the cable network attempted to launch in 2017 but later put on hold.
The one hour drama is built around the story two brothers, one a babyface and the other a heel in the ring, and the struggles they have on camera and behind the scenes after the death of their father, the promoter of the Georgia-based wrestling promotion they both worked for.
Back in 2017, former WWE champion turned UFC fighter CM Punk impressed casting directors so much that he tested for the series for the role of the heel brother, Jack Spade, but was not hired as the project was put on hold. Ammel is cast in that role now. There is no word whether Punk may be involved in the resurrected version of the project.
The original plans by Producers was to try and cast Henry Cavill and Jack Reynor as the leads, which did not happen.
Amell, a massive pro wrestling fan, has appeared in the ring for World Wrestling Entertainment and Ring of Honor and has an extremely close friendship with All Elite Wrestling's Cody. Heels will be his first major acting gig after Arrow, currently filming its final season, is done.
Thanks to Will Everett.
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