MJF Listed In Feature On Future Potential Action Stars

MJF has only dabbled in screen acting thus far, but it’s already landed him on a list of potential future action stars. The Hollywood Reporter has posted a feature naming a number of stars who could take up the mantle of the next generation of “ass-kicking movie stars.”

The list includes the likes of Anya Taylor-Joy (Furiosa, Last Night in Soho), Jorma Tommila (Sisu), Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things), Ana de Armas (Ballerina, No Time to Die), Jessica Henwick (The Matrix Resurrections, Defenders), Jeon Jong-seo (the other Ballerina), Xolo Maridueña (Blue Beetle), Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Jack Quaid (The Boys, Scream), Amber Midthunder (Prey), and UFC star Conor McGregor. MJF is listed with the following write-up:

Dwayne Johnson, John Cena and Dave Bautista have helped mark out a very well-trodden and star-studded path from wrestling ring to action film set. At 27, Friedman — better known MJF, the All Elite Wrestling champion whose seemingly naturally villainous and always entertaining ringside persona has seen him become a firm fan favorite as the so-called “People’s Scumbag” — could well be the next to make the journey and will soon be seen opposite Zac Efron in A24’s upcoming wrestling drama The Iron Claw.