Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson surprises followers with new look forward of upcoming position

Dwayne Johnson could be about to ‘open up a can of whoop-ass’ as soon as he finds out what the web has been saying about his ‘new physique’.

The WWE legend, 53, has been out selling his newest film, The Smashing Machine, a job that has made him look utterly unrecognisable.

Director Benny Safdie has taken the reins on the biographical sports activities drama chronicling the lifetime of UFC pioneer Mark Kerr.

It follows Kerr’s rise in MMA in the course of the late 90s, highlighting his private struggles with dependancy.

Johnson stars as Kerr, a departure from his typical motion roles, to ship a unique kind of efficiency. Emily Blunt additionally options as Kerr’s accomplice, Daybreak Staples.

However whereas ‘The Rock’ has been posing for pics on the Venice Movie Competition on Sunday (31 August), followers reckon he is misplaced a number of weight.

In accordance to The Unbiased, it has been reported that he has misplaced 60 lbs for the position, which led individuals on social media to joke that he has turned from ‘The Rock’ to ‘The Pebble’.

Though he nonetheless appears to be like completely large to me, many have the precise reverse opinion.

“He’s so lean,” one fan wrote.

“Rattling, he’s half of what he was!” one other person mentioned, as a 3rd individual wrote: “Wow good transformation.”

Johnson – who’s but to touch upon the claims – says he is actually trying ahead to showcasing a unique string to his bow.

“If you’re in Hollywood — as everyone knows, it had grow to be about field workplace. And also you chase the field workplace, and the field workplace will be very loud and it could actually grow to be very resounding and it could actually push you right into a class and right into a nook,” he mentioned at a press convention on Monday (1 September).

“That is your lane and that is what you do and that is what Hollywood needs you to do.”

He continued: “I simply had this burning want and voice that was saying, ‘What if there’s extra and what if I can?’

“Loads of instances, it’s more durable for us — or at the very least for me — to know what you’re able to while you’ve been pigeonholed into one thing.

“Typically it takes those who who you’re keen on and respect, like Emily and Benny, to say which you could.”

The Jumanji actor additionally admitted that he is ‘been scared to go deep and intense and uncooked till now, till I had this chance’.

The Smashing Machine is about to be proven in cinemas on 3 October.

LADbible Group has contacted Dwayne Johnson’s reps for remark.