Dwayne Johnson On DC Film Black Adam: Haven't Worked So Hard For A Role In My Entire Career
Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson says playing DC anti-hero Black Adam in the much-anticipated stand-alone movie has been the most challenging task in his two-decade-long career.
Hollywood
star
Dwayne
Johnson
says
playing
DC
anti-hero
Black
Adam
in
the
much-anticipated
stand-alone
movie
has
been
the
most
challenging
task
in
his
two-decade-long
career.
The
professional
wrestler-turned-actor,
who
is
currently
shooting
for
Black
Adam,
shared
a
picture
of
himself
in
a
beefed
up
avatar
from
his
training
session.
"Big
week
for
#BlackAdam
shooting
my
'champion'
scenes
with
my
shirt
off
and
showing
my
body," Johnson
wrote
alongside
the
photo
on
Instagram
Sunday.
"Been
working
extremely
hard
dieting,
training
and
conditioning
unlike
any
other
role
of
my
entire
career," he
said,
adding
he
is
grateful
for
the
"grind
and
support".
Black
Adam
is
a
spin-off
of
Warner
Bros
and
New
Line
Cinema's
Shazam!,
featuring
Zachary
Levi.
The
character
first
appeared
in
DC
Comics
in
the
1940s
as
a
villain
corrupted
by
power.
He
became
an
anti-hero
in
the
early
2000s.
Jaume
Collet-Serra,
who
has
directed
Johnson
in
the
upcoming
Jungle
Cruise,
is
helming
Black
Adam.
Rory
Haines
and
Sohrab
Noshirvani
wrote
the
latest
draft
of
the
script,
from
a
previous
draft
by
Adam
Sztykiel.
The
movie
also
features
Aldis
Hodge,
Noah
Centineo,
Quintessa
Swindell,
and
Pierce
Brosnan.
Johnson
is
also
producing
the
film
with
Dany
Garcia
and
Hiram
Garcia
via
their
Seven
Bucks
Productions,
and
Beau
Flynn
through
FlynnPictureCo.
Black
Adam
is
scheduled
for
a
July
29,
2022
release.