HOUSTON (AP) — Boban Marjanovic wants to be America’s next big action hero.

Coming off his role in “Happy Gilmore 2 ” with Adam Sandler, the Serbian former NBA player has higher aspirations for his budding acting career. The 7-foot-4 baller is a big fan of Ryan Reynolds’ depiction of Deadpool in the Marvel superhero film of the same name.

“Action always because everybody wants to be like tough guy acting, fighting everybody,” Marjanović told The Associated Press in a recent interview from Serbia. “But you know how Deadpool is, I want to be something like that but in my way.”

He calls acting his second love behind basketball and he’s open to almost any role.

“I don’t have ego about acting because I’m still learning for every single moment, every single actor, every single producer, ev

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