Johnson made his acting debut on an episode of "That '70s Show" (Fox 1998-2006), where he played his own father. He adopted the persona of The Rock a year later and proceeded to become one of the most well-known names in wrestling, winning numerous championships on his path to being one of the more decorated wrestlers in WWE history. After graduating, Johnson followed in his father's footsteps and tried his hand at professional wrestling, debuting in the then-WWF in 1996. Unfortunately injuries sidelined any prospect of a career in the NFL. In 1990, he attended the University of Miami, where he played college football and even was a part of a national championship-winning team. His father, Rocky Johnson, was a professional wrestler as Johnson grew up across America. It was a no-brainer for us.Born in 1972, Dwayne Johnson grew up with a view of performance and theatrics. We really get excited about that, and it only elevates the movie. That’s a place we’re playing and something we’re doing in Jungle Cruise with Emily Blunt’s character and Red Notice, the character we’ve created for Gal Gadot is unbelievable. To get a star like Neve Campbell, who’s amazing, we had so much fun just writing more, giving her more, and what she’s able to do in the movie, it’s special for us because we want to be able to set that table. We’re always pushing to have the female kick-ass roles feel a little stronger, take more command because it’s a world we live in. Garcia added, “For Dwayne and myself, we come from very strong, female-driven families. “And I know that if my wife and daughters were trapped in a burning building, she’s not going to wait for me to save her, because she knows I’m a moron. “ sort of based off of my wife,” Thurber said. When asked about why they wanted to have a tough female character opposite Johnson, both Thurber and Garcia attributed the decision to strong women in their own lives. As seen in the Skyscraper trailers, Campbell’s character fights back and is far from a damsel in distress. While Johnson’s character works to save his family, his wife, played by Neve Campbell, isn’t waiting to be rescued. And so it was really neat to see that he studied the role, he prepared for the role, he listened and it was really great to see.” I watched The Rock do some of his moves and how he handled it - being an amputee. Glasbrenner, who was at the premiere, where he saw the finished film for the first time, said he and the Skyscraper team, “talked about what it’s like to be an amputee - physically, emotionally. He came to set, spent a lot of time talking about his hitch, how he walks, how he runs, and I think it really pays off in the movie.” “I’m watching this man who lost his leg and he’s scaled Mount Everest, he’s a three-time Paralympic champion, and I said ‘This is who Dwayne’s character needs to become by the end of the movie.’ So I contacted him, flew him out he spent a lot of time with Dwayne. “I was so incredibly taken by him because he lost his leg when he was eight years old, but his spirit is so positive - I think we can all be too negative or down or whatever,” Flynn told THR of Glasbrenner. Johnson, who also produces the film, and the other producers tried to ensure that Skyscraper provides an authentic and sympathetic portrayal of amputees, even working with real-life inspiration Jeff Glasbrenner, whom Flynn found on Real Sports. In Skyscraper, Johnson’s character plays a former FBI agent, with a prosthetic leg, who has to rescue his family from a burning building. It’s so hard to make a good movie, so if everything is taken care of on the personal level, it feels like it just frees you up to make the best movie you possibly can.” In our opinion, this is one of Dwayne’s greatest performances, and Rawson is the one who’s able to pull it out of him.”įlynn added, “Once you establish a relationship and shorthand with movie stars and directors and writers, we really want to keep doing that and keep working together. “He executes and he’s so talented,” Garcia said. Garcia said that Skyscraper was sold on a pitch Thurber turned in a first draft of a script that got it greenlighted and they were in production a year later. Why 'Skyscraper' Director Will Never Make a Sequel to His Cult Classic 'Dodgeball'
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