I was thinking about it, and I can actually envision it. But I bet some people would HATE it. The character suits his style though. He has clauses in his contracts where he can never lose a fight, he can never look bad, ect ect ect. And that’s Superman in a nutshell. There’s no stakes, because he never loses. It’s right up his ally.
There is a new Superman movie, it’s coming out next July.
The problem is the dual role. Johnson has the build for Superman, but nobody would buy him as Clark Kent.
I won’t watch the rock in any movie. He’s boring as shit.
Red One is more fun than it has any right being.
absolute garbage, it’s a hallmark movie with a marvel effects budget.
Chris Evans hasn’t been this fun to watch since the Losers.
ymmv. i found it a loss of 90+ minutes of my life.
Dwayne?
They should cast Michael Cera
I’m unclear if you’re referencing the other comment I made in these comments, or if you’re just on the same brainwave as me.
Because if you think like I do? Whoa. That’s kinda scary…there CANNOT be two of me! That’s just unnatural!
It’s because I am you, from the future. Invest in grapes.
You mean something like
?I wouldn’t watch it. Not because of Johnson, but because it’s rare I can sit through movies these days.
I’d like to see the character though! Is Superman now bald? Does Johnson now have hair? Either way, a compelling visual.
No
Larry the cable guy is actually from Kansas, and looks like an average guy from Kansas. It’s time we got male body positivity in cinema.
I like The Rock, but I think we need a new fresh talent to play him. I’m all for a black or hispanic or asian superman, bring it all on.
not supes exactly. he could be man of steel though (john henry irons)
John Henry Irons had entirely too much humility to be played by The Rock. Also, let’s not take a black role from a black actor. I’m not saying we always need to stay true to whatever race a character is, but come on. Black actors already get shafted.
And the best person to play John Henry Irons, Michael Clarke Duncan, is dead already, unfortunately. Now he could have pulled off the humility, the pain, and the sense of duty of John Henry Irons.
I mean, I kinda liked him in Black Adam. (Though, full disclosure, I’m not familiar with the comics at all. So I don’t have any opinion as to whether the movie is faithful to the comics.) But from what I’ve heard he was kinda such an asshole while filming that WB (which owns DC comics) has sworn off of having anything to do with him again. So I doubt Johson will appear in any DCCU film (or any DCCU 2.0 reboot film). Let alone as so high-profile a DC character as Superman.
But even if I liked him as Black Adam, I don’t think he’d make a good Superman.
Nah, he just doesn’t have the right mindset.
There’s a bit of necessity that a superman actor have a degree of the boy Scout in them already. I’m not saying they have to fit some arbitrary moral standard, just that there’s a way of looking at the world that comes through any performance, and supes needs someone that can look at the world and not be self serving or cynical.
None of the past or current actors were perfect people, but the ones that we remember best and like the best (we being the geeks that care enough to debate the merits of the actors) are the ones that have that sense of seeing the world as it is, while still believing it can be better.
It isn’t obvious, you have to watch enough interviews about other roles as well as the role, but it shows up.
It’s one of the reasons I like Cavill in the role, despite the movies he’s been in being poorly written in terms of superman being at his best. His built in, for lack of a better phrase, trust in the world shows through in his performance. He doesn’t have to act that part of supes, so it works.
It’s also why both Reeves made it work so well, though Christopher is the gold standard. I mean, dude was paralyzed, and never gave up hope entirely. That’s the kind of thing that I’m talking about.
Welling had a similar way of taking on the world, if you watch his interviews.
Cain didn’t.
Routh did, but he got slammed by the horrible script. He was still amazing in the role, but you can only do so much. He’s played another super hero, and brought that same optimistic side of it to that role.
But it isn’t necessarily optimism that’s needed, that’s just one expression of it.
And the rock, sadly, doesn’t have it. He’s too wrapped up in being “the rock” to let that go and be himself. Most of his roles have been the rock playing the role rather than Johnson playing the role. It’s why Black Adam fell a little flat. It wasn’t a total failure, but there were too many scenes where it was about looking good or looking tough rather than playing the role.
And that’s a sure fire recipe for a sucky supes
I just can’t see him playing Clark Kent. Superman isn’t just a buff guy who wins fights, and if that’s all your casting is based on, I feel like you may have missed the point of the character. Because to me, the real point of any Superman story should be Clark.
An easy way to remember etc vs ect is that it stands for et cetera.
Et=and Cetera = other things
No, not because I dislike dwayne, but his charecter trope is obvious super swole “badass”. Superman is more tough built like a tank, country guy/nerd. Put him in some civies and he blends, put him in the suit and you recognize oh, he’s gonna beat somebody up.
Put Dwayne in normal clothes, and he wont blend, he will just look like a rock with glasses.
iirc clark kent had like the same physique but such a personality you wouldn’t think much about it.
Also the whole, “I must always be a clear winning badass” clause with dwayne might constrain writers or pressure them. Never showing any weakness or “loss”.
Nowadays, we like Superheroes thay have a backstory, some weakness, makes them “human” (even if superman, isnt) might be as simple as not great at cooking or shopping.
