Conor McGregor claims he is highest-paid debut actor after Road House role – beating sports royalty

CONOR McGREGOR claimed he has pipped The Rock to turn into the highest-paid debut actor.

The Irish preventing icon stars alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a reboot of the 1989 Patrick Swayze traditional Street Home.

And he has boasted of touchdown probably the most profitable first-time film function in historical past.

In a now-deleted submit on X, he mentioned: “What did you consider my appearing debut film trailer? Hell of a trip!

“I’m now formally the highest-paid first-time actor of all time, on report, pipping Dwayne Johnson for the highest spot. Unimaginable!”

Johnson – whose stage identify The Rock stems from his WWE days – was paid $5.5million (£4.3m) for his function in 2001’s The Mummy Returns. 

And he even acquired a Guinness World Report for the feat a spin-off film the next 12 months, The Scorpion King. 

McGregor was probed on his record-breaking appearing cheque when selling Street Home on Good Morning Britain.

And he mentioned: “That’s the very fact, the very best paid first time actor of all time so it’s a pleasant feather within the cap.

“There’s not an motion star in Hollywood that might take me on and that’s a truth, so let’s see the way it goes.”

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McGregor has amassed over a £250million fortune out and in of his combat profession.

Like with Street Home, in 2017 the Dubliner put his MMA profession on maintain for a brand new enterprise, swapping the cage for the boxing ring.

He confronted American legend Floyd Mayweather, shedding in ten rounds however pocketing round £80m within the course of.

In 2021, he offered the bulk stake in his Correct No. Twelve whiskey for an estimated $150million (£120m).

His final two UFC bouts – each losses to Dustin Poirier – banked McGregor $50m (£40m) mixed.

However he has not fought since July 2021 when he brutally broke his leg within the first spherical towards Poirier, 35.

McGregor, 35, has been lined as much as face Michael Chandler, 37, however talks with the UFC have dragged on.

I’m now formally the highest-paid first-time actor of all time, on report, pipping Dwayne Johnson for the highest spot. Unimaginable!

Conor McGregor on X

It has led the previous two-weight champion to develop publicly annoyed as he pleaded to return on June 29.

McGregor mentioned: “We’ll nonetheless within the first quarter of this 12 months, talks are ongoing it is just a little little bit of lack of transparency.

“I’ve acquired two fights left on my contract, I do not assume both of us know what the transfer might be.

“I simply want to get a bit extra consistency with my coaching. Am I flat out proper now? No. However I’ve been.

“I used to be scheduling for early this 12 months, I used to be scheduling for January, for December even earlier than that.

“I had camps arrange, I had a camp out in Cannes within the South of France. I had a camp in Dubai additionally, some world champions with me.

“I put in a stable camp and I used to be nicely prepared and you then get lack of transparency, it is such as you’ve simply acquired left unseen.”

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