Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson chats with USA TODAY’s Brian Truitt about the life lessons learned and journey traveled in creating the film “Black Adam.”
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After a sigh and a moment deep in thought, a big grin appears on Dwayne Johnson’s face when he’s asked which superhero he would have loved to see his father, the late pro wrestler Rocky Johnson, play in a movie.
“The Rock” knows it’s not the answer people might expect – his choice isn’t Batman or Superman, Captain America or Spider-Man.
“When I was a little boy, especially 10, 11, 12 years old, when my old man was in his heyday and he was tag-teaming with Tony Atlas, I always thought my dad would make a bada– Green Lantern,” Johnson says. “He would’ve been good.”
But for Johnson, 50, there was only one comic-book character to portray on screen. Which is why he stuck to his guns for more than a decade with his choice of Black Adam, even when Warner Bros. opened up the DC Comics pantheon and gave him the chance to play any superpowered good guy or evildoer. Now he stars as the title antihero of director Jaume Collet-Serra’s action-packed star vehicle (in theaters 10/21).
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