{"id":47422,"date":"2025-04-24T19:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/47422\/"},"modified":"2025-04-24T19:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T19:43:09","slug":"brit-boxing-legend-approached-to-star-in-four-hollywood-blockbusters-including-rocky-spin-off-creed-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/47422\/","title":{"rendered":"Brit boxing legend approached to star in FOUR Hollywood blockbusters including Rocky spin-off Creed 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top boxer Anthony Joshua wants to be a knockout in the movies as well as in the ring.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Insiders have revealed that the Watford-born former heavyweight world champion has been approached to appear in four blockbuster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/hollywood\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood<\/a> films \u2014 including the fourth instalment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/21736788\/rocky-movie-rights-owner-who\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rocky<\/a> spin-off Creed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Anthony Joshua at a boxing workout.\" height=\"954\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/a46bf7da-387d-4605-9a8b-fcf72a74acd2.jpg\" data-caption=\"Anthony Joshua has been tipped for big-screen stardom as agents scramble to sign him for four major films\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/a46bf7da-387d-4605-9a8b-fcf72a74acd2.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua has been tipped for big-screen stardom as agents scramble to sign him for four major filmsCredit: Getty<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sylvester Stallone in boxing attire with championship belt, 1976 Oscars.\" height=\"960\" width=\"644\" data-credit=\"Rex\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/034675d4-0037-47e2-82a8-e5e517347456.jpg\" data-caption=\"The Brit boxing legend is also being tipped for a role in Rocky spin-off Creed 4\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/034675d4-0037-47e2-82a8-e5e517347456.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>The Brit boxing legend is also being tipped for a role in Rocky spin-off Creed 4Credit: Rex<\/p>\n<p>A pal told me: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34604919\/viddal-riley-anthony-joshua-fight-tyson-fury-retired\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aj is fully committed to training right up until the moment he retires<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/boxing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">boxing<\/a> but offers from Hollywood are already pouring in.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can\u2019t devote the time to extra projects at the moment but his team are mulling over the offers to see what he could take on if the time was right.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAj has already been approached to star in four major films, with top acting agents all clamouring to sign him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis good friend Michael B. Jordan is also keen for him to appear in Creed 4 and will do anything to make it work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe future is really bright. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tvandshowbiz\/18863765\/idris-elba-james-bond\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perhaps Idris Elba isn\u2019t the only shout to play the next James Bond.<\/a>\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As well as being approached to try his hand at acting, my insider said the boxer was also talking to various people about moving into financing films, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/34397804\/cristiano-ronaldo-man-utd-hollywood-films-matthew-vaughn\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a similar move to footballer Cristiano Ronaldo<\/a>. They added: \u201cAj has a powerful voice and is incredibly popular.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has been approached about the prospect of executive producing films and helping to finance them. Nothing is off the table.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He made his ambitions away from the ring clear earlier this month, when he joined Creed star Michael at an acting workshop organised by the boxer\u2019s community <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/charity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">charity<\/a> Clean Herts Community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/hamilton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton<\/a> star Samuel Sarpong-Broni and actor Jack O\u2019Connell were also at the event, which was put on to inspire the next generation of British acting stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aj surprised them with an invite to the premiere of Michael\u2019s film Sinners, which also features Jack, last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Joshua vs Jake Paul is &#8216;five times&#8217; bigger than Tyson Fury bout<\/p>\n<p>Aj\u2019s charity, which helps young people from a number of different backgrounds, means a huge amount to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/christmas-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christmas<\/a> he headed down to Watford General Hospital to hand out gifts to the staff and patients.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also used the organisation to launch a number of physical and educational programs, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">football<\/a> camps to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/cooking\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cooking<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> classes in his hometown.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a proper good egg.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Top boxer Anthony Joshua wants to be a knockout in the movies as well as in the ring.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[5060,1935,557,560,498,556,451,25915,79,118,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-47422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-anthony-joshua","9":"tag-boxing","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-exclusives","12":"tag-hollywood","13":"tag-los-angeles","14":"tag-netflix","15":"tag-section-showbizbizarre","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","18":"tag-uk","19":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114394654512704964","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}