Stephen Amell is now starring in the wrestling drama “Heels.” Premiering Aug. 15 on Starz, the series follows brothers Jack (Amell) and Ace (Alexander Ludwig, “Vikings,”) in the fictional small town of Duffy, Georgia, who have inherited their late father’s pro-wrestling league (called the DWL).
There, they play out scripted matches for the locals, inhabiting larger-than-life wrestling personas while their egos clash behind the scenes. “I watched the WWE growing up – WWF at the time.
It was legitimately my favorite thing. So, to be able to hop into this world and make this my job was just a dream come true,” Amell, 40, told The Post. “I was somewhat hesitant to jump back into something in television as the lead of a show after eight years of.
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