“It Was Dark”: Months After Playing a Gay Character, Dwayne Johnson Spilled Intense Details on ‘Eerie’ Filmmaking Process for 2005 Movie

It’s been many years since Dwayne Johnson is in the world of Hollywood. Over the years, he has been a part of some hit movies that he is known for. However, the journey of the  WWE legend in the industry wasn’t that smooth. Some of his films have miserably failed as well, like, the 2005 flick Doom but the efforts he put into the filmmaking process still can be a source of inspiration for many. 

Doom was a 2005 film, loosely based on the video game series of the same name. The film was an international co-production of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Germany. Despite that, it couldn’t turn into anything more than a box-office bomb. But that same year, another film starring Johnson was released, which did better than Doom. In there, he played a gay character and the transformation from that character to a sergeant was quite challenging for The Rock.

Dwayne Johnson spoke about switching from playing a gay to performing as a sergeant

Speaking to Hollywood.com, Johnson once detailed the filmmaking process of Doom, a film that he himself criticized recently. While detailing the process, a specific part that he emphasized was the switch from playing a gay character in Be Cool to playing a sergeant in Doom.

He said, “You talk about going from being gay in Be Cool and singing country love songs to Doom. Every day we’re being chased. There’s chasing. There’s death. Men getting their heads ripped off. They did a great job on the corridors. It was dark. It was eerie.”

Johnson’s crime-comedy film, Be Cool, was released in March 2005, and a few months later came, Doom. The latter was a clear fail while the film where The Rock was a gay Samoan bodyguard grossed $95 million against a budget of $53–75 million. Although both received their share of negative reviews. 

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From what The Rock mentioned, it’s clear that the process of making Doom was much more tiring than Be Cool. 

“It was an intense shoot. We were away from home in Prague for four months, on a sound stage, and never saw the sun,” Johnson further added.

Adding to this, he also spoke about waking up at 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning every day. One can imagine the visuals and it will only speak about the exhausting process.

Another interesting fact about this science fiction film is that it took several years in making. But the producers were certain of not holding back their approach to the cinematic creation of Doom.

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What’s your takeaway from this off-screen insight from The Rock about his failed movie, Doom?