Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has unprecedented fame in Hollywood right now. But in 2003, at the start of his acting career, “The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment” won huge favor from one of action’s biggest stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who gave more than ammunition to The Great One on its journey to the Top.
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This incident took place in the early 2000s while Johnson was filming for “The Rundown”, one of his first Hollywood movies. If you watched the movie, you would know that Arnold Schwarzenegger had a cameo appearance in this film. But you might not know this interesting story behind this cameo.
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Before shooting this movie in 2002, The Governator had lunch with Dwayne Johnson and director Peter Berg. Over lunch, Johnson and Berg featured a cameo role for the bodybuilding legend in their movie, The Rundown.
Arnold Schwarzenegger agreed to do the cameo at this time. In one scene, you can see Johnson walking past Schwarzenegger as the latter said, “Enjoy”.
Dwayne Johnson later talked about asking Schwarzenegger the reason for his “Enjoy” line, in the film’s press tour. The response from The Austrian Oak was, “You go where I was”.
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Additionally, in an interview with Sports Illustrated, the legendary bodybuilder praised the former WWE Champion. Schwarzenegger said, “My screen presence came from bodybuilding, Dwayne’s came from pro wrestling. He could do very believable action, and he’s also a very good talker.
“Pro wrestlers have to be convincing in their words, and he was always good at that in the ring and he was able to unleash that talent on camera. It was no surprise to me that he became a star, but it was to everyone’s surprise how far he went. he added.
Dwayne Johnson faces backlash from fans ahead of Black Adam release
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The People’s Champion is all excited about his upcoming movie, Black Adam. If you follow him on social media, you must have seen that The Rock goes to great lengths to promote Black Adam. But on the contrary, one of his recent social media posts backfired.
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Recently, in an Instagram post, Johnson called the DC Extended Universe “The Black Adam DC Universe“. After this post, DC fans were upset and turned their backs on Dwayne Johnson. However, it will be interesting to see what Black Adam’s response will be after the release.
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