Dwayne Johnson on Losing Weight to Play an Old Man in LIZARD MUSIC - "Think Clint Eastwood at 75 - Sinewy Muscles, He's Lean"
Dwayne Johnson and director Benny Safdie are making the rounds to promote their film The Smashing Machine, which hits theaters this weekend, but they are also already planning their next project together, an adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater’s novel Lizard Music. The former WWE star will play a 75-year-old man who is best friends with a chicken of the same age.
Johnson has lost a significant amount of weight for the role after packing on 30 pounds for Smashing Machine. He said of his changing habits and physique, “I’ve been dieting. Happy to not be carrying all the weight. I’m able to tuck in my shirt now…I don’t look pregnant so it’s all good. Think Clint Eastwood at 75. Sinewy muscles, he’s lean. But it feels good.”
In Smashing Machine, written and directed by Safdie, Johnson stars as Mark Kerr, a champion in the early days of MMA fighting who made a career comeback after battling substance abuse. Emily Blunt plays his longtime girlfriend Dawn Staples.
In the book Lizard Music, “When left to take care of himself, a young boy becomes involved with a community of intelligent lizards who tell him of a little known invasion from outer space.”
Stay tuned for updates on the project.
via: Variety