Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Superstar is touched by Brendan Fraser’s success
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (left) celebrates the immense success of his former “The Mummy” co-star Brendan Fraser at the Lido.
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Superstar Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is touched by Brendan Fraser’s comeback at the Venice Film Festival.
The Hollywood career of ex-wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (50) began with the adventure film “The Mummy Returns” from 2001. Johnson played his first film role in the sequel to “The Mummy”. His performance as the Scorpion King, which was excellently received by the audience, immediately led to the film offshoot “The Scorpion King”, which was released a year later. This in turn marked Johnson’s first starring role in a film. In view of this story, it is not surprising that “The Rock” is now reacting with emotional words to the success of his former “The Mummy” co-star Brendan Fraser (53) at the Venice Film Festival. What happened?
Brendan Fraser is celebrated in Venice – and “The Rock” is enthusiastic
In the early 2000s, Brendan Fraser starred in The Mummy trilogy. Meanwhile, a little forgotten, the US actor is currently celebrating a huge comeback. He plays the lead role of a 600-pound dying man in The Whale. The drama by director Darren Aronofsky (53) premiered at the Venice Film Festival on Sunday evening. At the Lido, Fraser received more than six minutes of thunderous applause and a standing ovation from the completely enthusiastic audience. A video of it went viral.
This clip also caught the eye of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. On Twitter, the superstar with over 16 million followers writes about a repost of the said video: “Man, it makes me so happy to give Brendan that beautiful, enthusiastic applause [Fraser] Johnson goes on to explain that Fraser supported him during his “first role ever” in the “The Mummy” franchise. This commitment in turn then – as already mentioned – “launched his Hollywood career”.
Johnson closed his emotional post by saying: “I have my fingers crossed for all your success bro […]”In fact, Johnson’s former co-star Fraser is currently given a good chance of winning the Oscar for “Best Actor”. Fraser will also appear next year alongside Leonardo DiCaprio (47) and Robert De Niro (79) in the western drama ” Killers of the Flower Moon” by legendary director Martin Scorsese (79).