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The Rock as Marcus Fenix in Gears of War movie?
Screenwriter Chris Morgan, who penned such movies as Fast and Furious and Wanted, comments on the assignment of writing the script for the upcoming Gears of War movie. One of the issues, he says, is to find an actor who can not only be the tough guy in the movie, but showcase emotion and “put some humanity in it”. He pictures The Rock, aka Dwayne Johnson, to play the part of Marcus Fenix. Morgan says of The Rock:
“The Rock is awesome. There’s a genuine actor. Not only can he play the tough guy, but he can also play the nuanced, sensitive funny sad moments as well. But finding that guy is incredibly difficult.”
We don’t know about the last part.
Dwayne Johnson admits the Doom film was a failure
Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, who starred in 2005’s “Doom” movie, and adaptation of the game of the same name, has come out and said that they failed when making the movie, adding:
“Now, there’s been great video game that have been made into movies. Our goal with Doom was not only to appeal to its audience, but maybe break out into the sci-fi or thriller genres. That just didn’t happen for us. It always just comes down to writing and material.”
As they say in Hollywood, when things go wrong you can always blame the writer. Doom was released in 2005 and received mostly negative reviews and raked in some $30 million at the box office.