AEW star Julia Hart spoke with Variety about several topics, including how she came up with the vignette ideas for her return to television.
Hart said, “The first time I got hurt, back in January while I was still champion, I couldn’t wrestle for like five weeks. I had these ideas set for that, but they didn’t make sense at the time because I was still onscreen. I’ve always had these in my back pocket, but I think I didn’t know what they were.”
On working with her editor and photographer Dani Venen:
“Dani picks up what I’m saying just like that. Me waking up to the ringing of a phone, the idea at first was a letter, and Dani was like ‘You love ‘The Black Phone’, why don’t you do a black phone?’ I tell her what I’m thinking, and she can make it 10 times better.”
On the inspirations for her character:
“I love the ‘Kill Bill’ movies because of how Beatrix holds herself. She’s so badass. I love that. I love ‘Wednesday,’ obviously. Stevie Nicks, too. ‘Sabrina the Teenage Witch’ in the Netflix series, how she has an attitude and she’s sassy and she’s young. I call myself the ‘Princess of the Black Throne’ instead of the ‘Queen’ because I feel like princesses are more naive. I still have a lot to learn, I still have so much more to go. I’m just a couple years into wrestling. Learning more in-ring wise, and figuring out people’s brains better, because I love to be the keeper of secrets. Figuring people out, figuring out their weaknesses, how to tear them down and beat them.”
On who she wants to face:
“Definitely Mercedes (Moné), she has my title. Probably Willow (Nightingale) too, she took the belt from me. I’ve never worked with Mariah (May), I’ve never worked with Toni (Storm). I would love to work with Serena Deeb, I think she’s someone I could learn a lot from in the ring.”
