“I Have Rock Fatigue”: Fans Outright Reject Dwayne Johnson Being Cast as Beloved Video Game Character in Favor of Actor Worth 50x Lesser Than $800 Million Superstar

Making a big-budget movie or a series requires a big-name actor who can carry the project and also bring in fans. Over the years, even with his debut, Dwayne Johnson has proven to fill that role in any project. Whether it was Scorpion King or HBO’s Baller, Johnson brought in mainstream audiences and reached great box office numbers.

Now, more than any time in the past, Johnson has established his brand of acting in public. But, when this casting rumor spread on the internet, fans loudly rejected Johnson and instead wanted this Hollywood actor whose net worth is 50 times lesser than The Rock’s $800 million net worth.

Dwayne Johnson’s name swirls around the casting of a popular video game character

With a rumor about Johnson being the favorite for a video game adaptation getting traction, it got many people thinking. The video game adaption in question is Sony’s exclusive, God of War. The popular series has the main protagonist, Kratos, around whom the entire series is centered. For this Amazon series, the main role is as important to the project as anything else.

While talking about the main role, Kratos is everywhere in the marketing and advertising of the show. So, casting a big actor will be a logical move by the creators in order for the show to reach a mass audience. Johnson completely fills that role and also it could act as a great way for Johnson to diversify his acting roles.

But fans want another wrestler-turned-actor as Kratos and it is none other than Guardians of the Galaxy’s Dave Bautista.

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Also being a big action star, it would be a great choice as well. But the fans have pointed out Johnson and Batista’s acting skills differences in the past, and they didn’t miss this chance as well.

Fans want Batista instead of Dwayne Johnson for this serious acting role

Despite loving him, this fan doesn’t think Johnson is a good pick to play Kratos.

This fan harkened back to Black Adam’s tagline but also agreed that Batista would be better apt for Kratos.

This fan clearly doesn’t want to see Johnson in the series.

This fan even went on to say that Johnson isn’t as big of a draw as he used to be.

This fan even photoshopped Kratos’ cosplay onto Dave Bautista’s photo.

This fan pointed out that they have The Rock fatigue.

Another person is vying for Batista to play Kratos in the series.

These fan reactions make it pretty clear that Batista is the fan favorite to play the role of Kratos. Whatever the directors end up casting, both the wrestlers-turned-actors are world-class actors who have proven that they can deliver on the silver and golden screens. And now it remains to be seen which way the casting will go.

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Tell us who would you choose between Johnson and Batista to play Kratos in the comments below.