Dwayne Johnson appears to be setting himself up for a wave of award nominations for his function as Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine, however through the premiere of the Benny Safdie film on the Venice Movie Competition, many followers have been extra to know why Johnson gave the impression to be simply half the person he was once – actually. Nicely, it appears that there’s nothing untoward to fret about, as it’s all in help of his subsequent film with Safdie, wherein he performs a 70-year-old man.
Johnson wanted to bulk up his physique to play Kerr in The Smashing Machine, which made his look at Venice much more surprising for his followers, who’ve at all times been used to seeing the previous wrestler with a combating body. His slimmed-down look has not been simply defined because the actor confirmed that he’s taking part in the function of “a whimsical, eccentric 70-something year-old referred to as Rooster Man” in Safdie’s pitch for the fantasy film Lizard Music.
“Benny pitched me this after,” Johnson stated throughout a profession retrospect on Monday on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition. “And after about 45 minutes, this pitch ended, and I stated, ‘I’m your Rooster Man.’”
When bulking as much as play Kerr, Johnson reportedly placed on 30 kilos of muscle, which he has since shed. Plainly he nonetheless has some solution to go for his newest difficult transformation. He added:
“I nonetheless have a protracted methods to go. I’m so excited to get an opportunity to hopefully rework once more like I used to be in a position to do in Smashing Machine. [It means] consuming much less hen.”
What’s ‘Lizard Music’?
For individuals who haven’t heard of Lizard Music, it’s a 2011 kids’s fantasy novel by Daniel Pinkwater, which sees Victor befriending a curious individual whereas exploring town of Hogboro whereas his dad and mom are away and his older sister will not be taking her babysitting duties too critically. Named the Rooster Man – as a result of he has a hen companion who lives below his hat, clearly – the unlikely trio go on an journey to find who the lizard musicians are which have began showing on late night time tv. Their journey leads them to the floating island the place the lizards stay, which is a fantastical place with guidelines and logic all of its personal.
Johnson has spent a few years taking part in the robust motion hero, however The Smashing Machine and Lizard Music appear to be the beginning of a brand new period for the actor. Whereas he is not abandoning his huge IP roles simply but – he reprises his function as Maui within the live-action model of Moana and is anticipated to return to each the Quick & Livid, Jungle Cruise, and Jumanji franchises within the not too distant future – his want to be seen as extra than simply one other robust, meaty motion hero is beginning to present in his film selections, which additionally embody an upcoming A42 psychological thriller.