The Rock Explains Why He Jumped From WWE To Hollywood

The Rock is probably the most famous WWE Superstar-turned-Hollywood actor.

Other superstars, such as Batista and John Cena, have made a name for themselves as well, but The Rock remains at the top of the list.

Here’s why The Rock made the jump to Hollywood

Dwayne Johnson spoke at THR Actor Roundtable about his decision to move to Hollywood. He believes that it was something for powerful than planned, and he wanted to grow and challenge himself. He spoke about the first role he landed and why he was called someone who got bitten by the acting bug!

Well, I think it was planned by something more powerful than me, for sure. Destiny, I believe in the universe, but I also wanted to grow, and I wanted to challenge myself.

My first acting gig was The Mummy Returns with Brendan Fraser. We were shooting in Morocco in the Sahara Desert, and I was so sick cause I went over there, and I probably ate something I shouldn’t have eaten. So, I caught that thing, and it’s 110°. I’m freezing. I’m wearing a blanket.

Stephen Sommers comes over, the director, ‘Hey, you okay?’ I’m like, ‘yeah, I’m okay. Let’s do it.’ He calls action. We have our scene. And I had never acted before, but he called action. And when he says cut, you know, we hear the ‘Oh, you got bit by the acting bug, the thing that happens.’ When he yelled cut, I went, ‘This is what I want to do for the rest of my life.’

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