It’s not every day you hear about UFC fighters rubbing shoulders with Hollywood’s A-listers—let alone catching feelings for them. But every now and then, those worlds collide in unexpected ways. One such moment came over a decade ago when former UFC champ Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson found himself working alongside none other than Jessica Biel.
The two shared the screen in the action-packed The A-Team, and let’s just say Rampage was more than a little smitten. Now, 14 years later, he’s coming clean about his crush on the actress.
Talk about tough competition. Still, Rampage had nothing but good things to say, calling Biel “super cool” and leaving fans wondering what could’ve been. But, we are rushing past the story. Let’s start from the beginning.
In a conversation with T.J Dillashaw and Bear Degidio, Jackson first corrected the duo who claimed he had a thing for Fantastic Four actress Jessica Alba.
“Jessica Alba wasn’t in that movie, it was Jessica Biel.”, he said, almost offended. And then, like a teenager, he explained how this crush on Biel came to be.
“This is a true story, I never asked her out on a date. But this is what happened—she used to come to my trailer all the time and play Call of Duty with me. She is like super cool. She is cool as f**k.”, he said.
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Back in 2010, the former UFC star made a memorable leap to the big screen, taking on the role of B.A. Baracus in the reboot. Stepping into the shoes of the iconic character originally portrayed by Mr. T, Rampage brought his own flair to the tough, no-nonsense sergeant known for his mechanical skills and formidable presence.
Sharing the screen with him was Biel, who played Captain Charissa Sosa, a determined Department of Defense agent on a mission to track down the fugitive team. Adding a twist to the narrative, her character also had a past romantic entanglement with Bradley Cooper’s “Face” Peck, bringing an extra layer of tension and chemistry to the plot.
“After the fight with Rashad, we went on a media tour, and I haven’t had a crush on anyone since high school—but I started to get a crush on Jessica Biel just cause of how cool she was.”
At the time, Biel used to be the cool girl-next-door go-to actor in Hollywood. So is it any surprise that she was a video game girly, and that Rampage developed a crush on her. The only problem? She was already dating one of the coolest guys on the planet—yep, Justin Timberlake. Perhaps that is why Rampage never asked her on a date.
For the younger people, Timberlake is the guy who sang the ‘Bye Bye Bye‘ song from Deadpool and Logan.
Unfortunately for Jackson, this was not a fairy tale ending. Biel went on to marry Timberlake the next year and the two have two children together.
