Have you ever ever checked out Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and thought, “What would he appear to be with even larger muscular tissues?” We’ll quickly discover out, because the actor has confirmed that he’s sporting a muscle-enlarging bodysuit for his portrayal of Maui within the upcoming live-action remake of Moana.
Johnson made the reveal in a brand new interview with Additional, confirming on-line hypothesis that started after paparazzi images of the Moana set had been printed. Responding to the query of whether or not he “bulked up” for the function or not, Johnson mentioned, “That’s a swimsuit that took a very long time to placed on. So, I’m so comfortable you mentioned, ‘You bulked up,’ as a result of whenever you say, ‘You bulked up,’ which means you couldn’t inform.”
Persevering with, Johnson defined, “That’s a few hours day-after-day of remodeling, placing that on.” Referencing the hubbub across the paparazzi images, he mentioned, “We shot exterior and when these photos surfaced, I used to be like, ‘Shit, we received caught,’ trigger we had been placing up, like, partitions so there was no paparazzi. However they received into boats and began capturing photos.”
Granted, when trying on the paparazzi images, Johnson’s physique appears to be like a bit extra like “animated character dropped at life” than “bulked up,” with the overly-large muscular tissues seeming slightly awkward from completely different angles (Johnson’s palms look too small for his forearms, for instance). Nonetheless, he actually appears to be like like Maui, full with the full-body tattoos and lengthy, flowing hair.
The live-action Moana was first introduced final 12 months, and is predicted to hit theaters in summer time 2026. Along with Johnson’s reprisal of Maui, the forged will likely be crammed out by Catherine Laga’aia as Moana, with the function’s authentic voice actor, Auliʻi Cravalho, serving as an govt producer.
In the meantime, the animated sequel, Moana 2, hit theaters this previous week and is eyeing a large world opening of $370 million.