Dwayne Johnson on His Intense Physical Training for BLACK ADAM - "It Was the Most Arduous I've Ever Done"

In preparation to star in DC’s Black Adam movie, Dwayne Johnson put himself through the most insane workout regime that he’s ever been through. He wanted to build himself a real badass supervillain body, and that is exactly what he accomplished. Johnson looks absolutely physically insane in the role!

In a recent interview with Men's Journal, Johnson talked about the film and the training he put himself through saying, "The training we did for this movie was the most arduous I've ever done in my life. I promise you this: The hierarchy of power in the DC universe is about to change."

We’ve heard him say that before, that’s one of his favorite buzz quotes when promoting the movie. Johnson went on to say that he’s been preparing to play Black Adam his entire life saying, "I started training for Black Adam when I came out of the womb. I believe I was born to play this character. But in all honesty, this project has been with me for 10 ten years now. The process began when we started to stand the material up and really developed it into what it is present day. Once the start date was agreed on by our Seven Bucks production company, the rest of my team, Warner Bros. Studio, and DC Comics, I started to build an exhaustive training program with my coach Dave Rienzi. I wanted to come into this in the best shape of my career."

Johnson went on to talk about what sets Black Adam apart from the other iconic DC characters with superpowers saying, "Superheroes live by a code of ethics and a line of integrity. But with Black Adam, depending on how you look at him, he has the ability to be a hero, an antihero, and a villain. One of the things that drew me to Black Adam is his origin. He started out enslaved. Any time you have a character, or any human being, who has wrongfully been held down by others, it means so much more when they begin to rise up. Black Adam rises with a big fucking chip on his shoulder—and an edge. In the traditional DC Universe, as we all know, if you do something wrong Superman and Batman are gonna try and bring you to justice. If you do something wrong to Black Adam, you're going to die. It's that simple. I believe this character is going to bring a unique edge to the superhero genre. We're gonna be turning preconceived notions on their ear."

So, I guess we can prepare ourselves to see Dwayne Johnson kill a lot of individuals in this movie. Johnson certainly has the physical ability and skills to tear people apart with his bare hands if he wanted to. Johnson has pretty much worked his ass off to have real super-human strength.