Dwayne Johnson is infamous in acting circles for being the perfect action hero. For many people, he delivers the same acting performance which many people love, thus making his movies successful. While Johnson has diversified his roles in the past, they weren’t successes. This brings out the question of when will the same role be enough for fans, and will fans start hating The Rock for the lack of diversity.
Recently, Johnson’s name is floating around in the production of popular video game series. Will fans once again rain down on Johnson or will they wait and see what’s the official status of the project?
Rumors about Dwayne Johnson playing an iconic video game character angers fans
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Recently, a fan posted a tweet where they claim that the directors of the God of War TV series are considering The Rock as their Kratos. For the uninitiated, Kratos and God of War are one of the most beloved Sony exclusives in the video game industry. Last year it was revealed that Amazon is planning to release a series of the video game.
The Directors for God Of War are strongly considering casting Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as "Kratos" in the new adaptation of God of War premiering on Amazon Prime
( source : TMZ ) pic.twitter.com/1Gp0w88sgs
— Red ❤️🔥 (@RedLightning420) June 26, 2023
Having Johnson as the main protagonist, Kratos, will surely get many eyes watching. This Prime exclusive could also act as a jumping-off point for Johnson to explore more roles in his acting roles. Despite being action-oriented, the story asks for subdued anger and ruthlessness from the actor and The Rock could be a great fit.
But video game fans may not like this at all. Not only is Johnson known for his comedic action roles, but he is also not popular for being serious about acting roles, rather focusing on box office numbers instead. Let’s see what the fans think about this rumor.
Fans pile on The Rock playing his WWE character in movies
Johnson isn’t a stranger to hate from critics or fans. In an interview, just a few days ago, Johnson addressed the critique that he only plays one-note characters in his movies. So, we know that this hate doesn’t affect The Rock at all, but that doesn’t mean that fans will stop anytime soon from expressing their opinions.
The Rock is creeping up in every big franchise, DCEU, and Fast series, so fans are not a fan of this as well.
Seriously bro. I am so damn tired of seeing Dwayne Johnson in everything!
— MartialMind 🇳🇬🇺🇲 (@MartialMind1) June 26, 2023
Some fans would even prefer Jason Momoa to play Kratos rather than see Johnson in that role.
I'd rather have Jason momoa play it than Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne can never be taken seriously as a actor, stay in comedy https://t.co/MyUwu4zTHM
— Umer Hamza (@UMER_HAMZA123) June 26, 2023
This fan blames Johnson for playing his real-life persona in movies.
No. No. No. NO. Dwayne Johnson is NOT a good actor.
Any movie he is in, his personality is literally just his, then throw on a new name and job https://t.co/ofmG2qWPgQ— Offline, Gamer Meat (@OfflineBTW) June 26, 2023
No way. He’s just gonna play Dwayne Johnson again please cast someone with range
— GamaFlight (@gamaflight) June 26, 2023
This fan has a problem with Johnson’s voice, which won’t fit Kratos at all.
I think hearing Kratos with any voice but his would be weird. Also Dwayne Johnson is has the wrong personality for Kratos. He's not serious enough.
— ฝﻉٱɼɗﻉɗ ๒ﻉคɼɗѻ® (@WEIRDED_BEARDO) June 26, 2023
Another fan points out Johnson’s repeated use of his WWE character in movies.
I hope not. He hasn’t displayed the range I think is necessary to truly capture Kratos. He plays the same character in every movie.
— Nick (@XSi1entSpartanX) June 26, 2023
While this fan raised a great discussion for people who hate Johnson for his acting, they also agreed that Johnson isn’t the right pick.
I mean, as long as he actually plays kratos and doesn’t just play “the rock”
He has the perfect body type, mannerisms, and voice for it.
There’s a stigma towards him cuz he usually just plays himself, but he can be a really good actor sometimes— DrewStew (@Drew_Stew_) June 26, 2023
People feel that The Rock character has overstayed its welcome.
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I know the physique matches. But if he does act as Kratos. He will act more like 'the Rock' than the character of Kratos himself
— Barca's Passion アブドラ (@Cule_ABD) June 26, 2023
Whether this news is true or not, Johnson will continue to get hate for his acting skills. Knowing Johnson, the former WWE champion, is more accustomed to shutting people with his actions, and we wait to see how he defies these expectations.
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