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Dwayne Johnson explains fact behind dramatic weight reduction after followers have been involved

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9 Sep 2025 08:25
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Dwayne Johnson has addressed fan considerations about his excessive weight reduction at a latest occasion.

The wrestler-turned-actor, well-known for his half within the Quick & Livid franchise in addition to many different roles, seemed noticeably svelte whereas attending the Venice Movie Competition and a Miu Miu occasion with co-star Emily Blunt, prompting concern on-line.

Followers have been after all fast to take a position in regards to the 53-year-old’s well being, prompting a second wave of discourse as others grew to become crucial about these dissecting the looks of celebrities on-line.

The chatter has since made its means again to Johnson, however the Black Adam star, whose upcoming roles embody a component in The Smashing Machine in addition to Lizard Music, has come ahead to reassure followers that there is completely nothing to fret about.

Followers jokingly referred to as the actor ‘The Pebble’ after seeing his slimmed down look (Victor Boyko/Getty Pictures for Miu Miu)

Talking about his profession throughout a chat on the Toronto Movie Competition on Monday (8 September), Johnson revealed that he is teaming up with filmmaker Benny Safdie for upcoming challenge Lizard Music.

Johnson defined that Safdie had pitched him the thought after wrapping The Smashing Machine: “After about 45 minutes, this pitch ended and I stated, ‘I’m your Rooster Man’.”

Tailored from a 1976 novel by Daniel Pinkwater, Lizard Music follows the story of a younger boy who stumbles upon a tv broadcast of lizards taking part in otherworldly music whereas dwelling alone. The invention triggers a journey into the extraordinary – crossing paths with the Rooster Man and his ‘beloved companion’ Claudia, a 70-year-old rooster (per Deadline).

“United by this shared imaginative and prescient, they set off on an journey that begins as a hunt for a hidden society however blossoms into one thing far larger: a voyage by invisible worlds, surprising harmonies, and the unbreakable bond between misplaced souls who uncover magic not solely in what they discover, however in one another,” the synopsis provides.

The actor went on to elucidate the burden loss was as a consequence of him getting ready to play the Rooster Man, including: “I nonetheless have an extended methods to go.

The previous WWE star is now noticeably much less muscular (Jerod Harris/Getty Pictures for CinemaCon)

“I’m so excited to get an opportunity to hopefully remodel once more like I used to be capable of do in Smashing Machine. [It means] consuming much less rooster.”

Johnson after all is not the primary, and sure will not be the final, actor to bear an excessive physique transformation within the identify of performing, with Christian Bale famously shedding 62 kilos to star in The Machinist.

In the meantime Johnson has spoken about his want to interrupt away from being ‘pigeon-holed’ into motion blockbusters, which led him to tackle the position of UFC fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine.

“I had this burning want and voice that was saying, ‘What if there’s extra and what if I can?’,” he stated at a press convention for the movie according to The Unbiased.

“A variety of instances, it’s more durable for us – or at the very least for me – to know what you might be able to whenever you’ve been pigeonholed into one thing.”

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