Career: After deciding to become an actor, Stallone struggled to find decent roles. After running out of money and being made homeless he appeared in soft-porn flick The Party at Kitty and Stud's and had bit parts in several mainstream movies before writing Rocky. He persuaded producers Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler to not only buy it, but also let him star in it. The film was a massive success, won three Oscars and was followed by five sequels. He's directed several other movies and had hits with the Rambo series, Cliffhanger and Cop Land. Other films include a remake of Get Carter, Paradise Alley and Judge Dredd. More recently he's starred alongside other macho stars in The Expendables and its sequel. He was also behind TV series The Contender.

Career: Bautista became a professional wrestler and signed to WWE under the ring name Batista from 2000 to 2010 and from 2013 to 2014. Among his wrestling accolades, he is a six-time world champion, having won WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He entered the acting business in 2006 and has since starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and the James Bond film Spectre (2015). Bautista also has a mixed martial arts (MMA) career. He signed a contract with Classic Entertainment and Sports to fight in MMA and won his debut in 2012, representing the Philippines.

Career: The rapper's career didn't really generate much interest until he joined forces with production team Trackmasters and signed to Columbia Records. However, before his album Power of the Dollar could be released, he was shot outside a music studio in New York, and subsequently dropped by his label. He continued to record, and his underground releases eventually came to the attention of rap superstars Eminem and Dr Dre. They worked closely with him to produce the massively successful album Get Rich or Die Tryin', which spawned the chart-topping single In da Club. The follow-up, The Massacre, was also a huge hit. Since then, he's also branched out into acting, starring in Get Rich or Die Tryin' (2005), Righteous Kill (2008), Dead Man Running (2009), Escape Plan (2013) and Spy (2015). He also stars in and produces the American drama Power.