Roman Reigns could be headed back to Hollywood soon for a role in the new live-action Street Fighter movie.
Earlier this morning, Deadline reported that WWE Superstar Roman Reigns is up for a mystery role in Legendary Pictures’ live-action Street Fighter movie, based on the popular Capcom fighting game franchise.
We now have a very intriguing update as it pertains to which role The Tribal Chief is being considered for.
According to Jeff Sneider, Roman Reigns is up for the role of Akuma. Who is considered by many one of the most badass characters in the entire franchise. This same news was also reported hours later by Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp (via Fightful Select).
Will Roman Reigns land the role of Akuma?
While Noah Centineo and Andrew Koji are reportedly up for the roles of Ken and Ryu, respectively, there are no reports regarding who Jason Momoa could be up for.
Wrestling fans have made many jokes in recent years are how similar Reigns and Momoa look. So it’s very possible that both men are up for the same role.
While Momoa is clearly the bigger name, he has lost another role to a wrestler in the past, as both he and Dave Bautista were up for the role of Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of the Galaxy.
What do you make of this report? Would you like to see Roman Reigns play the role of Akuma in a live-action Street Fighter movie? Let us know your overall thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
