As a professional wrestler, you must withstand body smashes and cage matches. However, it would be best if you also had something a bit more difficult to quantify: the capacity to construct a distinctive persona that goes beyond the ring and transforms into something quite different.
The professional wrestling world has produced some brilliant performers. This is why it is no surprise that many wrestlers have transcended Hollywood to act in various movies and TV shows. Here are films you can catch on HBO Go and Lionsgate Play that showcase their acting prowess!
Hotel Artemis with Dave Bautista
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In the action-thriller Hotel Artemis, which also stars Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, and Sofia Boutella, wrestler-turned-actor Dave Bautista portrays a medical assistant named Everest at a covert hospital for criminals.
The Nurse, a no-nonsense, high-tech physician with a French assassin, an arms dealer, and a wounded police officer on her plate, runs the hospital. The Nurse must choose whether to breach her own rules and deal with what she has been trying so hard to avoid as the night's violence escalates. Stream Hotel Artemis on Lionsgate Play with PLDT Home!
The Condemned with Steve Austin
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Steve Austin heads the cast of The Condemned. He plays Jack Conrad, a prisoner on death row in a Central American jail who is about to be executed. A TB producer buys him and transports him to a distant island. Jack and the other nine inmates are informed that they must fight to the death, with freedom being awarded to the victor. The event will be streamed live and uncut online by the producer. Watch The Condemned now on Lionsgate Play with PLDT Home!
Condemned 2 with Randy Orton
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A sequel to The Condemned, this time, The Condemned 2 stars fellow wrestler Randy Orton. In a new Condemned tournament, where prisoners are forced to fight to the death as part of a game that is televised to the public, a former bounty hunter (Orton) finds himself on the run.
The film also stars Eric Roberts, Wes Studi, and Steven Quezada. Stream The Condemned 2 on Lionsgate Play with PLDT Home!
Peacemaker with John Cena
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In this TV series, John Cena plays the main character in the sequel to The Suicide Squad. The show also stars Danielle Brooks, Freddie Stroma, Chukwudi Iwuji, Jennifer Holland, Steve Agee, and Robert Patrick.
In the first episode, Christopher Smith/Peacemaker has recovered from his injuries and left the hospital five months after his mission with the Suicide Squad in Corto Maltese. When Smith gets back to his trailer, Clemson Murn, Emilia Harcourt, John Economos, and newcomer Leota Adebayo from A.R.G.U.S. confront him. Smith grudgingly accepts Murn's offer to join a new operation known as "Project Butterfly" rather than go back to Belle Reve jail. Watch Peacemaker on HBO Go with PLDT Home!
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