Former WWE superstar The Rock held another Q&A on his Instagram where The Great One recalled a time he lost out on a movie role to Hollywood sensation Tom Cruise. Rocky states that Cruise, who beat him out for the Jack Reacher role, was a bigger star in the movie industry at the time the movie was casting.
The question I saw last night, was a really cool one and made me think, said The Rock. “The question was, ‘Was there ever a role in Hollywood that I wanted so badly and I didn’t get it and it went to someone else?’ That answer is yes, that role is Jack Reacher and of course, it went to Tom Cruise. Now, this was ten years ago, and I was in a much different place, I recognize that,” he admitted. “Tom was the biggest movie star in the world, and I was not.
Rocky later adds that a good portion of the roles he’s played were specifically designed for him.
In Hollywood, actors are kind of like in a box,” he explained. “There are actors that can vie for a particular role because it allows for them to have a certain look, skin color, size, etc. Fortunately, for me, there aren’t a lot of guys at all who look like me. So, all of my roles, from the beginning of my career, I’ve been a lucky son of a b—h that they’ve been created and designed for me – except Jack Reacher.
Check it out below. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)
Former WWE superstar The Rock held another Q&A on his Instagram where The Great One recalled a time he lost out on a movie role to Hollywood sensation Tom Cruise. Rocky states that Cruise, who beat him out for the Jack Reacher role, was a bigger star in the movie industry at the time the movie was casting.
The question I saw last night, was a really cool one and made me think, said The Rock. “The question was, ‘Was there ever a role in Hollywood that I wanted so badly and I didn’t get it and it went to someone else?’ That answer is yes, that role is Jack Reacher and of course, it went to Tom Cruise. Now, this was ten years ago, and I was in a much different place, I recognize that,” he admitted. “Tom was the biggest movie star in the world, and I was not.
Rocky later adds that a good portion of the roles he’s played were specifically designed for him.
In Hollywood, actors are kind of like in a box,” he explained. “There are actors that can vie for a particular role because it allows for them to have a certain look, skin color, size, etc. Fortunately, for me, there aren’t a lot of guys at all who look like me. So, all of my roles, from the beginning of my career, I’ve been a lucky son of a b—h that they’ve been created and designed for me – except Jack Reacher.
Check it out below. (H/T and transcribed by Wrestling Inc.)