Dwayne Johnson is not the type to let it go! The actor managed to change the end of a film, under penalty of withdrawing from the project.
That’s it, the Cannes Film Festival is over! And this year, director Justine Triet won the Palme d’or for her film Anatomy of a fall. A prize awarded by Jane Fonda, which closes the Festival. The opportunity to look back on the time when Dwayne Johnson aka The Rock, managed to get the ending of a movie changed. A knack of which few actors can boast. But Dwayne Johnson has a bottle in the balance of power.
Indeed, before becoming the famous actor that we all know, Dwayne Johnson was a wrestling champion. At just 24, he became the youngest intercontinental wrestling champion. Then he was triple world champion. His career in the seventh art began in 2001, in particular thanks to his participation in The Return of the Mummy. Quickly, The Rock specialized in family films. In effect, the actor wants to bring joy to his audience. You will therefore not see it turn into a drama.
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Dwayne Johnson manages to get the ending of a blockbuster changed
And since Dwayne Johnson only acts in happy movies, no question that a character dies in the film. Result, he forced the production to modify the end of the film Rampage – Out of control. Indeed, the actor revealed during an interview with RollingStone, than in the original version of the film, George was to die after sacrificing himself to stop the monsters. A tragic end that was not at all to the taste of Dwayne Johnson.
“I don’t like sad endings. After the credits, I want to feel good. My problem is that I have a special relationship with an audience from all over the world. For years, I have established a relationship of trust with them so that they come to see my films and feel good”, says The Rock. The latter therefore threatened the production to leave the shoot if the end was not changed. And so he won. For information, the film reported $428 million at the box office. One more feat for Dwayne Johnson.