Dwayne Johnson, The Rock, finally reveals the reason for its radical transformation

After gaining several compliments at the Venice Festival for his performance as fighter Mark Kerr in Fighter Heart – The Smashing Machine, Dwayne Johnsonthe The rock revealed that he is in the process of weight loss to live an unusual character: a septuagenarian nicknamed “Chicken Man”, protagonist of the adaptation of Lizard musicromance of Daniel Pinkwater.

The feature will be directed by Benny Safdiewith whom Johnson worked in Fighter Heart – The Smashing Machineand promises to show an unprecedented facet of the actor. “Benny introduced me to this idea, and after 45 minutes I said, ‘I’m your chicken man’the actor told a career retrospective at the Toronto Festival.

Despite having already lost much of the 30 pounds he won to live Kerr, Johnson It admits that there is still a way ahead. “I still have a lot to do“, he said. “I’m excited to have a chance to turn myself again, as in Smashing Machine. But now it means eating less chicken.”

The plot revolves around an eccentric elderly whose best friend has a chicken of the same age. To Johnsonthe paper plays another attempt to break with the image of a hero of action built in franchises as Jumanji and Fast and Furious. “For a few years, I felt boxed. And I allowed it to happen”He confessed.

The actor stressed that he does not intend to completely abandon the blockbusters. He revealed that he will meet again with Kevin Hart in Jumanji 3expected to start running in November. “The movies I made in the past, I love them. I will keep doing it, but I also want to risk myself in different stories”He said.

Source: Variety

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