Fresh off his on-screen debut in Road House, Conor McGregor has opened up about how he once offered to be a part in one of the world’s biggest shows.
The UFC legend features in the 1989 remake, which had previously starred the likes of Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott.
Now, 35-years-later Prime Video have produced the new version, as Jake Gyllenhaal takes on the role of a former MMA fighter, Elwood Dalton, in the revamped action movie.
Dalton decides to take a job as a bouncer at a bar before finding himself forced to protect it from violence.
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In it, McGregor plays a dude, similar to his own make-up, who likes to talk with his fists.
In a now-deleted tweet, McGregor suggested he was getting payed a lot of money to feature, as he wrote: "What did you think of my acting debut movie trailer?
"Hell of a ride! I am now officially the highest-paid first-time actor of all time, on record, pipping Dwayne Johnson for the top spot. Incredible!"
On Good Morning Britain, he also said: "That’s the fact, the highest paid first time actor of all time so it’s a nice feather in the cap.
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"I’ve never done a movie before so I am akin to a white belt, a beginner.
"There’s not an action star in Hollywood that could take me on and that’s a fact, so let’s see how it goes."
While promoting the film, the actor revealed that he almost once took up a big role on the successful TV show Vikings while regularly batting it out in the MMA.
"I’ll have a whack at anything no bother. You know, I was supposed to be in Vikings. The Vikings had me teed up," he told Joe.ie.
"I had a few things teed up but I just kept pushing it along down the line, but I just stayed in the fight business. I always said, 'I’m in the fight business, not the movie business'."
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The series is a historical drama show which premiered in 2013 and ran until 2020.
A sequel series, Vikings: Valhalla, premiered on Netflix in 2022.
The show was ranked number one the week it premiered and was streamed for an incredible 194 million hours in its first nine days.
The sequel follows a hundred years into the future as 'a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny – and make history'.
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However, McGregor's co-star Daniela Melchior think he'd be well suited for the world of Peaky Blinders, adding: "I would love to watch him do something like Peaky Blinders."
And it seems McGregor would also be up for it, saying: "I’d take a whack at that, no bother.”
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