Dwayne Johnson Says Weight Loss Is for New Acting Role; He’s Playing a 70-Year-Old Man Whose Best Friend Is a Chicken: ‘I Still Have a Long Way to Go’

https://variety.com/2025/film/markets-festivals/dwayne-johnson-weight-loss-chicken-man-movie-1236512134/

38 comments

  1. Likely believes drastic weight loss will automatically make him Christian Bale.

  3. I’m so tired of every actor doing the exact same Oscarbait campaign about how they had to physically transform to play a 70-year-old man whose best friend is a chicken

  4. 60 and 70 year old actors still exist. These kinds of roles are such bullshit going to men in their early 50s 

  9. I’m willing to also bet this has something to do with his doctors telling him that he can’t keep up with the massive sizes and gear. That stuff seriously takes its toll on the heart.

  10. I thought it was him getting off the gear cause his heart is probably the size of a cantaloupe.

  12. Also it says in his contract he can’t lose in a fight to the chicken.

  13. He’s using this as an excuse to drop the muscle which he claims isn’t from roids because it’s killing him

  14. What happens if he loses all that weight but the chicken doesn’t want to be his friend?

  16. Wait …. Hmmm…. Chicken ? Live action remake in the future in Hawaii ?

  19. This is a mistake. At his age, ballooning your weight is a risky move. With the knowledge he fully intends to go back to beefcake Rock, this could be dangerous for his health.

  20. Well he’s getting there quick. He def looks older now

  24. If they think making a movie about my future will bring me back to the theatres, I’ve got news for them.

  25. Or steroids messed up his heart and he needs to lose weight now or have a heart sooner than him getting to 70.

  26. He does have a long way to go. Dude looks nothing like a chicken right now.

  27. I guess he read all the social media post saying he has no range as an actor

  28. Muai in decline. Hey-hey is his Coach Mickey.

    **GRAB YA HOOK AND GET BACK IN THERE!**

    But all you hear is:

    > BUCK-AW!!

  29. Its about a guy whose doctor told him to quit the shit or down you go.

    He lost that weight fucking faaaaast too.

    Good luck ever seeing him on wwe again

  31. This headline feels like it would’ve been some sort of joke in Tropic Thunder.

  32. Laying off that juice obviously reduces your size significantly.

  34. Or he’s sick. Take your pick. Don’t be a dick, Rick.

  37. Isn’t the chicken Moana’s friend not Maui. He needs to learn his movie

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