Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has spoken out about the attus of “fluential folks” Hollywood rponse to him playg a gay character.
Contents:
- THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD
- DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
- DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON HAD BT RPONSE TO BEG TOLD PLAYG GAY WOULD ‘ HIS REER’
THE ROCK PLAYED A GAY CHARACTER DPE BEG TOLD IT WOULD ‘RU’ HIS CAREER FOR GOOD
Dwayne Johnson was urged by some "fluential people" not to take a gay role when he was startg out as an actor. He told those people to "f*** off." * rock gay character *
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DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON OPENS UP ABOUT PLAYG A GAY CHARACTER
* rock gay character *
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DWAYNE ‘THE ROCK’ JOHNSON HAD BT RPONSE TO BEG TOLD PLAYG GAY WOULD ‘ HIS REER’
"Owen Pallett (Fal Fantasy): Never willg to nform to stereotyp, Pallett says of his role a largely heterosexual dtry: "Gay culture has the stereotyp that they kda have to rely upon to make succsful. Succsful like gay art, and I'm really not terted gay artists who are gog to nform to those stereotyp.
Johnson's character Be Cool was Elt, an openly gay Samoan man who worked as a bodyguard the mic dtry and had dreams of beg a star himself. While a lot of the humor surroundg Elt volved the kd of mid-00s gay jok that probably wouldn't fly now, Johnson don't play him as a joke, mtg to the character fully.
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