Who Does Bob Menery Play in ‘Highway Home?’

Podcaster and on-line character Bob Menery has some performing stints beneath his belt together with his look on Amazon Prime Video’s reimagination of Highway Home. However, for individuals who missed his transient encounters with Jake Gyllenhaal’s Dalton, who did Menery play?

Menery, who many know by means of his viral and tumultuous relationships with the Nelk Boys and UFC CEO Dana White, is credited on his IMDB profile for 5 performing tasks, most of that are with the previous. And his first foray into movie performing was in Highway Home, which launched on the streaming platform in March. Menery performed Jack, certainly one of Ben Brandt’s (Billy Magnussen) henchmen tasked with driving Dalton out of the Florida Key’s city.

Menery didn’t obtain a lot screentime. However, he had some enjoyable moments when he did. Spoilers are incoming.

There are two scenes that includes Menery’s Jack. And each occasions he was on the receiving finish of Dalton’s fisticuff prowess.

First, Jack approached Dalton after the latter had despatched a number of of Brandt’s lackeys to the hospital. Jack ordered Dalton to get right into a automobile whereas flashing a gun hidden in his waistband. Naturally, Dalton refused Jack’s persistence about assembly Brandt, the corrupt millionaire hell-bent on securing the roadhouse Dalton had been employed to guard.

So, as a substitute of taking Jack up on his provide, Dalton walked as much as him and broke his index and center fingers. Rolling across the floor in anguish, the expletive-fueled Jack was then left with a message: “Inform your boss if he desires to speak to me, I work on the roadhouse and I’m there each evening.”

Later, a bandaged Jack was on Brandt’s yacht close to Highway Home’s climax. Dalton rolled up on a ship for the hostage change, and Jack spent more often than not scowling on the protagonist whereas standing within the background. With none traces spoken, Jack ultimately will get his comeuppance courtesy of Dalton. Dalton blows up the boat he arrived in, bringing chaos to the sinking yacht. When it exploded, Jack went flying off-screen. That was the final we noticed of Jack, so it’s presumed that’s what did him in.

All in all, Menery’s time on-screen was very restricted. However, he served his objective as a minion.

Throughout a podcast with Bradley Martin, Menery defined how he grew to become linked to the movie. Whereas attending a UFC occasion, he was flagged down by Highway Home producer Joel Silver. Realizing about his theater background, Silver mentioned he needed Menery within the film, and the remainder was historical past.