It’s onerous to think about Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, trying outdated and frail. However cinema could make even the wildest transformations come true. The actor has left followers surprised together with his unrecognisable look as an aged man in his upcoming fantasy journey movie, Lizard Music. Not too long ago, photographs of Dwayne from the movie’s shoot in New York surfaced on-line.
Dwayne Johnson seems unrecognisable
The actor was seen carrying a beige jacket, a bucket hat, a blue shirt and a printed tie within the photographs. Sporting a gray wig, white facial hair and prosthetics to make him look older, the previous WWE star seemed unrecognisable, a far cry from his ordinary beefed-up self. He was additionally photographed strolling together with his younger co-star, Theo Leber.
Followers have been stunned by Dwayne’s look. A remark learn, “I believed that was Morgan Freeman biopic.” One other remark learn, “I really like seeing his vary.” Yet another remark learn, “He actually desires that Oscar.”
About Lizard Music
Dwayne has reunited with director Benny Safdie for the upcoming fantasy journey movie. The 2 final collaborated on the sports activities drama The Smashing Machine (2025).
The movie is an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater’s 1976 kids’s novel of the identical identify. In keeping with the official synopsis, the story follows a younger boy who discovers uncommon lizard musicians throughout a late-night tv broadcast. This leads him to fulfill a peculiar aged man accompanied by a rooster. Johnson performs a 70-year-old man referred to as Rooster Man.
In keeping with a report by Selection, Johnson’s ageing look was designed by Kazu Hiro, the Oscar-winning make-up artist identified for reworking Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour. Hiro additionally labored on Charlize Theron’s transformation into journalist Megyn Kelly in Bombshell.
Hiro not too long ago labored on Digger, creating Tom Cruise’s transformation into Digger Rockwell, an ageing billionaire oil tycoon. Curiously, he has beforehand collaborated with Johnson on The Smashing Machine, designing the prosthetics that helped the actor painting boxer Mark Kerr.
Lizard Music additionally stars Rachel McAdams, Colman Domingo, Jeff Goldblum, Alicia Silverstone and Regina Corridor. The movie is scheduled to launch in theatres on Christmas Day subsequent yr. Chatting with Leisure Tonight, Dwayne beforehand shared how he got here on board the undertaking. He stated, “Benny pitched me this after we wrapped The Smashing Machine, and after about 45 minutes, his pitch ended, and I stated, ‘I’m your Rooster Man.’”
He added, “Now what which means is, with out giving an excessive amount of away, the position that I’ll play is a really whimsical and eccentric 70-something-year-old man referred to as the Rooster Man, and his greatest good friend is a 70-something-year-old rooster.”
Lizard Music will launch on Christmas subsequent yr.