Dwayne Johnson opened up about his dream role and talked about his upcoming movies, Fast 6 and Hercules, in an interview with MTV News' Josh Horowitz.
Former professional wrestling champion, the Rock, former professional wrestling champion, Dwayne Johnson has gained supreme success on the silver screen. He speaks about his latest release "Snitch" and few other upcoming movies.
With his tough looks and sky rocketing career in Hollywood, Johnson has a few more projects in hand and is excited about their release. He relates his role as John Matthews in the movie "Snitch" released Friday, to his own life. The 40-year-old star shared his experiences with "Snitch" and how "Fast 6" is different from other "Fast & Furious" franchises. He also expressed his enthusiasm to play the role he always intended to- Hercules, which is due to start shooting soon and directed by Brett Ratner. Johnson has been working out for his role as Hercules for almost a year now and the filming locations are Croatia and Budapest, which he is excited about.
Here are few excerpts from the interview with MTV News:
On reading and relating the script for "Snitch":
"Absolutely. I read this, I loved it. I read it, I was moved. I was compelled by it. I've been fortunate to play some pretty cool characters over the years. Guys who go out, and they kick ass and they save the world."
"This guy was a regular guy, a regular family man who wasn't a streetwise guy, not street tough in any way but had the heart of a lion. No drug connections, no gang affiliates or anything like that, but then, in order to reduce his son's sentence, decided that he was gonna infiltrate a very dangerous drug cartel down in Mexico. And it's funny, as I was reading it,it landed on me, because I would do anything to protect my family. Anything."
On how different "Fast 6" is from the rest:
"I fight a tank. ... "Fast 5" was a great movie, but we really raised the bar. I'm proud of what we did and I can't wait for the world to see it. As I like to say, in "Fast 5" my character and Vin [Diesel's] character locked horns. In "Fast 6," we ride or die."
On his dream to play the role of Hercules in his own way:
"Understand, for me when I was a kid, Hercules was always a hero of mine, from Steve Reeves to the multiple guys who have played Hercules, but the idea and the notion of this man. When I first got into movies, I thought, 'Gosh, I would love to do that one day.' I always thought that the version of Hercules that I want to play was one that was more dramatic and survived in barren lands and not necessarily slick in any way or anything like that. It's been around and been on my mind for some time."
