Conor McGregor wants Hollywood movies made around him after Road House debut

Conor McGregor is ready to take Hollywood by storm and reckons he's big enough of a star that movies should be made around him.

The Irish mixed martial artist made his acting debut in the remake of Road House, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

Mahjong Scenes in Cinema: What They Reveal About Character and Culture

Thursday 8 January 2026, 08:23

From jump scares to jackpots: why horror movie aesthetics persist in modern online casino design

Tuesday 23 December 2025, 10:29

It would appear his UFC career has been put to one side for the moment, as he has his eyes set on more movie roles.

“We have to talk. That’s what I’m saying — I don’t know and I don’t know whether they know what to come at me with. What can you come at me with? Hollywood now is lined up," he said on the MMA Hour podcast.

"I actually can play loads of roles. Think of the amount of movies I could do? There’s Arnold Schwarzenegger and then there’s Sylvester Stallone and then all these guys, and they have all these great movies made around them.

“Think about the movies that you can make around me. You know what I mean? That could be written around me. And don’t think (UFC executives) don’t know that. Don’t think they don’t know that this is all going on as well. So I don’t know what they’re going to come out me with."

Conor McGregor has enemies in Hollywood

McGregor recently revealed that he had been offered numerous opportunities to appear in movies before, and after ghosting some directors, he believes he might not be popular in Tinseltown.

"I had turned down a good few roles in my time on the climb," he told Total Film.

"I’ve had directors show up at fight camp, really beautiful directors doing really top-end movies… And over and over, they’d come to me, and I always turned them down… I’d leave people a little high and dry. I probably have a few enemies out there that I don’t really know of because I had said, 'I might do it.'"

Even though he isn't used to acting, McGregor is certainly a born performer, as you can see by his charisma when fighting and in interviews.