Hollywood legend confirms future in acting after announcing plans to ‘disappear’

Film fans volition beryllium face-to-face with greatness for the foreseeable arsenic Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson has confirmed his aboriginal acting plans.

He is 1 of the world’s highest-paid and highest-grossing actors, making waves onscreen successful the likes of The Mummy Returns, 2 Jumanji films, and the Fast & Furious franchise.

One of his astir recognisable roles is that of Maui successful deed Disney animated flick Moana, a relation helium returns to this period successful the film’s sequel.

But fans don’t person to interest astir the acting sensation’s last curtain telephone immoderate clip soon arsenic Johnson confirmed helium ‘wouldn’t beryllium content’ if the slated live-action Moana adaptation was the past relation helium held.

Speaking to Metro connected the reddish carpet astatine Moana 2’s London premiere, helium said: ‘It’s hard arsenic s**t.

‘I deliberation I wouldn’t beryllium contented due to the fact that there’s conscionable much and I cognize there’s more.

‘That was the full thought I deliberation of being capable to vanish and what my gut has been gnawing astatine maine for the past mates of years of wanting much and wanting to situation myself.’

Though helium said helium would not beryllium satisfied, the histrion said helium would beryllium ‘grateful’ if Maui was his past relation arsenic his gramps ‘largely inspired’ the character.

‘We conscionable had our satellite premiere successful Hawaii,’ helium continued. ‘He was buried successful Hawaii. My ancestors are buried determination too.’

He went connected to accent the value of the taste practice Moana and Maui person offered: ‘My daughters – I person 3 daughters, I’m a miss dada of each ages from large to small – they spot themselves successful Moana and it’s been precise cool.

‘You spell astir the satellite and you spot that each these small girls and boys volition spot themselves successful Moana careless of their colour. It’s specified a chill thing.

‘That’s almighty they tin spot themselves successful Maui. So I got lucky.’

The erstwhile wrestling prima antecedently spoke astir ‘disappearing’ into the relation of Mark Kerr successful the upcoming A24 biopic astir his life, The Smashing Machine.

Speaking to GQ, helium said helium wanted to situation himself similar ne'er earlier and ‘disappear into a character’, thing the relation allowed him.

‘The worldly is deeper, it allows maine to descend my teeth into thing deeper, richer.’ helium continued.

The film, which besides stars Emily Blunt arsenic Kerr’s woman Dawn Staples, follows the mixed martial creator successful the twelvemonth 2000 arsenic helium struggles with addiction, issues successful his location life, and the pressures of competition.

Before then, however, Moana fans tin bask Johnson successful the film’s sequel which volition beryllium released connected November 29.

Much of the crippled is inactive shrouded successful secrecy, but a synopsis for the movie teases different perilous escapade for the titular hero.

It reads: ‘After receiving an unexpected telephone from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana indispensable travel to the acold seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an escapade dissimilar thing she’s ever faced.’

If that isn’t enough, Johnson’s latest Christmas film, Red One, is successful cinemas present to get you successful the festive spirit.

Also starring Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, and Lucy Liu, the movie follows a erstwhile E.L.F. operative who joins forces with the world’s astir accomplished tracker to hunt down Santa Claus aft helium is kidnapped.

Moana 2 is successful cinemas from November 29.

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