Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is more than just “franchise Viagra.” He is the damn franchise, people. The former WWE star-turned-international movie star was deemed the No. 1 box office performer in the world for 2015 by Deadline. Chances are if you enjoyed the hell out of a movie last year, The Rock was a part of it.
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This also means those movies that made you throw your hands up and say, “Who paid to see this?” probably did not feature The Rock. These are the movies which tanked at the box office, the flops that six years from now you will make fun of your friend for trying to see on opening weekend. This is how those movies could have been saved by The Rock.
Fantastic FourThis movie was an unmitigated disaster. From its overly serious trailer to critical tweets from its director, the Fantastic Four reboot never had a chance. Unless of course, they had put The Rock in it. Johnson could have played The Thing without using any makeup.
Are you telling me you wouldn’t buy an action figure of Johnson saying, “It’s clobbering time!” Add a subtextual romance between Rock’s Thing and Michael B. Jordan’s Human Torch and we have an Oscar nominee.
Rock the KasbahThis Bill Murray-led bomb has Rock in the freaking title. Johnson should have played Murray’s assistant, a former porn star-turned-music industry hopeful who sticks by Murray’s side when the two are abandoned in Afghanistan. Lots of potential for The Rock to be hanging out shirtless in the desert.
AlohaI didn’t see this movie (like everyone else) and I don’t feel like Wikipedia-ing the plot. This took place on an army base or something, right? You don’t really care, so let’s just say it did. In that case, The Rock is overseeing the whole military operation in one of those hard-ass-Sargeant-with-a-heart-of-gold roles. I’m thinking lots of sleeveless tees and a difficult relationship with his son.
Source: gq.com
