John Cena Idris Elba action star debate
John Cena and Idris Elba debate who the greatest action star of all time is. Cena says his heart picks Jackie Chan, calling him the top action star, but then questions whether it might be Arnold Schwarzenegger. Elba responds, 'No. I love you Arnold but you ain't the goat of action' with a link to the full conversation.
Transcript (en)
My heart wants to say Jackie Chan. It does. He's the greatest action star of all time. Yeah. But then again... The GOAT, though? Arnold? No. No. Wow. I love you, Arnold, but you ain't the GOAT of action stars. No. Wow. I know you're watching, too, Arnold. I know. Arnold... Such a nice man, too. Don't mess me up. Listen, action star right now, I'd say is... It's Tom Cruise. But is there... I mean, is the magic in doing the thing, Or is like the action star about like maybe not so much doing the thing? Listen, Arnold, for example, he just has one good phrase and guns. He has one good phrase per movie. Yeah, but that's not the action. That's the phrase. This guy, Tom Cruise, does the entire action. Like, and you know he's doing it himself. But this guy has developed a persona of being the greatest ass kicker of all time with just a sentence per movie. I mean, Tom Cruise is getting paid a heck of a lot to hang off of space shuttles. If you break down Arnold's hourly fee by the word, he says like three words, one sentence at a time. Is he the GOAT action star, yes or no? He's mine. Jackie Chan, though. I don't know if it's Jackie Chan. He's the man.
