In recent weeks, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson's weight loss has caught the public's eye, and the WWE's “Final Boss” has revealed the reason why.
He is going to re-team with The Smashing Machine director Benny Safdie for Lizard Music, which is a role that requires Johnson to lose weight. Johnson will play the Chicken Man in the movie, a “whimsical, eccentric 70-something year-old,” as he said at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), via Variety.
However, the journey is still ongoing. Johnson still has “a long ways to go” with his weight loss journey to play the Chicken Man. So, expect him to look even more different when he takes on the Chicken Man role.
According to Johnson, Safdie pitched him the project. It didn't take much convincing. “And after about 45 minutes, this