Road House (Remake / Reboot)

McGregor is playing a crass, vulgar piece of shít who trashes property? Wow, I'm sure he really had to stretch himself.

Gyllenhaal clearly seems to be enjoying himself, and Doug Liman is a director I'll always pause to check out (Edge of Tomorrow legitimately one of the gret SciFi films of the 2010s, maybe even in the modern era?), but ye gods Conor McGregor looks like he'll sink this thing through sheer anti-charisma. With luck his Hollywood career will go nowhere.

Thing about wrestlers, especially those whose personas are already quite distinct, is that they're already actors before they pivot to Hollywood. So making the jump, especially to big loud blockbusters, isn't that much of a stretch really and with the right agent and focus you can do well. The Rock has basically made himself a brand in of itself at this stage (you can debate the positives and negatives of how that effects his films)

IMO, I'd note Dave Bautista as the most "successful" lately - purely in terms of acting: the other two are probably raking in more cash and coasting on a certain personality type, but Bautista has put his head down, worked his skills as an actor and picked interesting roles that sometimes push against type. You can tell he wants to challenge himself & not just take easy pay-cheques. I thought nothing of him when he became an actor, now he's someone whose presence makes me pay more attention.

Arnie might have had all the acting skill of an inanimate carbon rod, but he he had a very singular drive & focus you didn't see on-screen. He made his career happen through hard work & took his career seriously whether it was the body-building or acting. Indeed seriously enough that he could not only start a political career, but successfully became Governor of California.

I'd doubt McGregor has the discipline to finish a 100 piece jigsaw, never-mind cultivate a career in an industry that's quite political (not in the ideological sense, but the who you know, how you play the room kinda way). And based on the trailer above, I don't think he'll have many agents jumping to their phones when this comes out.

Undoubtedly: IIRC Steven Seagal's entire career comes down to a producer attending / seeing Seagal's martial arts class and putting him in a movie; but equally Seagal's chronic inability to work his career or attitude, meant he flamed out quick enough from the top table. As opposed to Schwarzenegger who once he got his chance, worked hard to make himself a pro to work with and you'll not find stories of him falling out with directors or productions AFAIK. Open to correction there.

McGregor, if he does have designs on a Hollywood career cos he may not, will need to curb his galloping ego and attitude or he'll find doors shut quick enough. And maybe his public attitudes are a persona too - but all the shíte that has happened in his life suggests it's not. We'll see; an Amazon Movie isn't exactly hitting the ground running either.