John Cena has had a very versatile nature when it comes to nurturing his skills. One of the most striking features of his personality is his control over the Mandarin language. His skill was brought out before the public back in 2021 when the ninth sequel of the legendary Fast and Furious series was available for the public.
Targeting the Chinese audience, Cena filmed his video having ice cream and making a public declaration in Mandarin. John Cena’s ice cream video took the internet by storm by the name of ‘Bing Chilling.’ The video was translated into multiple languages and “Good morning, China…Now I have ice cream…I like ice cream very much…But ‘Fast and Furious 9’ is better than ice cream” was what Cena said.
The video surfaced all across the internet and people brought out their creative selves and created their versions of the meme. Multiple people also started giving their take on the correct pronunciations of what the 16-time WWE World Champion said in his video. The video was a promotional video for his role in F9 where he played the character of Jacob Toretto.
What other languages does John Cena have control over and why did he learn Mandarin?
John Cena’s Hollywood career has been more glorious than many other stars in the industry for multiple reasons. One of the most probable reasons is his control over various languages. While English remains his primary language, Cena is quite fluent in Mandarin and Chinese. This has made him connect with the Chinese audience greatly. Born and brought up in America, there was no way that he could be in touch with Mandarin.
China has a lot of contributions to the viewership of various WWE events as well as Hollywood movies. Cena played a trump card by learning Mandarin and thus bringing in great records from the country. Although, the WWE star has claimed that his knowledge of the language isn’t as vivid as it should be and calls himself a “third-grader.”
However, any step that John Cena took in learning the language has been a path to break into the Chinese audience. There have only been a few WWE stars who hail from China including Xia Li. In addition to this, there have been few to no stars who are well-acquainted or fluent in the regional language. This has increased the popularity of John Cena around the entire globe.