Conor McGregor has an Instagram account with over 40 million followers, a whiskey brand that is doing well (Proper No. Twelve), and a net worth of around $100 million.
Whether it’s to put on box gloves, voice a video game character, or appear in a movie, he’s always getting offers outside the UFC. Therefore, we decided, here at Let’s Talk Movies, to take a look back at some of the major film and television roles the superstar has played.
King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword
As part of Guy Ritchie’s fantasy drama, McGregor was offered a role in ‘King Arthur: Legend of the Sword‘. Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, and Eric Bana were among the stars of the film.
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The film received questionable reviews and brought in less than its budget, grossing $148 million at the box office, even though McGregor opted out. This was a huge disappointment.
Vikings
As it turns out, Conor was very close to appearing on the History channel’s hit series ‘Vikings, but had to withdraw due to circumstances beyond his control. Katherine Winnick, who portrays Lagertha on the show, told the press that she wrote a role for the UFC star in an episode she directed. Winnick says she had to scramble when McGregor canceled right before the shoot.
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XXX: The Return of Xander Cage
As a result, he turned down a lucrative role in the new XXX film so he could focus on getting the win back against Nate Diaz, and the role was rewritten for UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping.
Following his defeat to Nate Diaz, Conor McGregor withdrew from xXx: The Return of Xander Cage in order to avenge his loss and reclaim his “manhood.”
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According to Guilherme Cruz of MMAFighting.com, Diesel revealed: “I created a role for Conor McGregor, and after he lost to Nate Diaz, he had to regain his manhood so he couldn’t do the film.”
The ‘Predators’ Reboot
UFC champion says he will not appear in the upcoming 2018 film, The Predator. There are a lot of offers I turned down. I was offered to be in the new Predator movie,” he said. “Throughout that three-day course, the people from Predator who are having this new Predator movie tried to sell me the whole thing. ‘We want you to be in it and you’re going to fight the Predator,’ and I was thinking, ‘This sounds great! How much is it?” It wasn’t enough.
We negotiated back and forth, and the number climbed up, but if I were to do it, it would take me eight weeks in Toronto or wherever. This is not feasible. He explained that he couldn’t do a million things at once.
James Bond: Spectre
Conor McGregor
In Episode Three of ‘The Notorious’, McGregor talked about auditioning for the role of the villain in ‘Spectre‘. … Stating
“I am being auditioned for the role of the villain in James Bond. The last villain for James Bond won an Oscar, Javier Bardem from No Country for Old Men. He was unbelievable,” he said. “I’m not that type of person. Do you know what I mean? I’m just having a laugh. Don’t start putting in serious things,”But I’ll see how I feel.” This was told to me last week.
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“It’s not the right time to say that to me when I’m cutting weight. I might need time to recover after the fight. Let’s mess around and see what happens.” “At the end of the day, it’s a seven-figure deal.” I’ll take a shot. It’s worth a shot for seven figures, right?”.”.”.”
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