(Photo : Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images) NEW YORK, NEW YORK – Conor McGregor and Jake Gyllenhaal attend the “Road House” New York Premiere at Jazz at Lincoln Center on March 19, 2024 in New York City.
Fans extremely anticipate Conor McGregor’s subsequent battle, however after making his Hollywood debut, it appears to be like prefer it is not going to be coming anytime quickly.
The Irish fighter final appeared within the octagon in July 2021, shedding to Dustin Poirier through physician’s stoppage. This battle is a rematch from their earlier battle in January of the identical yr, which he additionally misplaced.
Does he have a future in appearing?
Conor McGregor’s Road House efficiency has not been effectively obtained by followers, and the movie has an common ranking on Rotten Tomatoes.
“Pretty awful acting from McGregor, I’m afraid. Brought an already average movie down further,” stated one moviegoer via the X app.
Another added: “Decent movie, not much acting for Mr. McGregor tho.”
The 35-year-old MMA fighter performs reverse Jake Gyllenhaal, who performs Edward Dalton, a former UFC middleweight fighter who stepped away from the sport as a result of controversies.
The ghost of his previous saved haunting him and so they lastly met head-to-head when he got here throughout McGregor’s character Knox after he was employed as a head bouncer of highway home bar.
His job grew to become difficult when he apprehended thugs employed by a rich businessman. Knox was the henchman he needed to fend off and issues bought troublesome for him since then.
McGregor was employed within the movie for his UFC expertise/expertise and star energy.
He has been among the many greatest stars in combined martial arts prior to now 5 years, and based mostly on the film’s ending (spoiler alert), Knox and Dalton may need one other showdown.
Conor McGregor’s Road House stint is only a preview
Fans who need to see him combating in UFC once more may want to attend slightly longer as it seems that McGregor has a brand new precedence now.
Talking to TMZ, the previous UFC Featherweight champion stated he loved the movie’s capturing and the present enterprise side of it.
“I didn’t know how I was going to take to it. I didn’t know whether I was going to like it, to be honest,” he stated.
“I’m a fighting man – that’s my bread and butter. It’s where I come from… I’m not an actor, but I’m show business. That was my vibe to it. I felt that. I enjoyed every second of it.”
Many fighters have transitioned from MMA fighter to actor. There is Ronda Rousey, Georges St-Pierre, Michael Bisping, and Gina Carano.
Sports folks turning to Hollywood for the subsequent section of their profession has turn into the norm for a lot of. Even NFL champion and Kansas City Chiefs tight finish Travis Kelce is already planning to observe within the footsteps of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as soon as he retires.
Conor McGregor has the identical plan and is wanting as much as former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger for his subsequent profession path.
“Arnold’s first debut into the movie game was very similar,” he informed The Sun.
“Boom, lands down, solid as a rock. If Arnie done it, and f****** look at his career, I said maybe I’m onto something. I just rocked with it, and I channeled the inner Arnie, the inner Terminator there and just rocked on.”
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