EXCLUSIVE: WWE Superstar and actor CM Punk ( WWE Monday Night Raw , Zootopia 2) has joined the cast of the Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki-led Netflix rom-com, based on the Katherine Center novel The Bodyguard , sources close to production tell Deadline.

In the 2022 novel, a no-nonsense bodyguard is assigned to protect a charming action star over the holidays, leading sparks to fly and secrets to unravel, with Christmas getting a whole lot more complicated.

Specific details regarding the plot of the film and how closely it will follow the novel are under wraps. Netflix declined to comment for this story.

Punk, born Phillip Jack Brooks, will play the role of Doghouse, we hear. The character is described as a”physically intimidating member of the security detail, who is

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