Despite Black Adam Success, Dwayne Johnson Puts 53-Year-Old Hollywood Megastar Over Himself For Oscars

Published 10/23/2022, 12:00 PM EDT

Dwayne Johnson is at the top of Hollywood as the highest-paid actor. However, he is mostly known for his kindness, and respectable nature, and is the best actor to work with in Hollywood. The former WWE Champion always respects the actors he has worked with until now.

Similarly, The Rock recently had some words of praise for one of his co-actors. Moreover, he wished the actor wins an Oscar next year.

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Recently, while talking with MTV News, Dwayne Johnson recalled actor Brendan Fraser. The Rock shared becoming emotional watching the 10-minute standing ovation for Fraser and wants him to win an Oscar for his movie Whale.

The Rock said, “I’m so happy for Brendon, I’m so happy for him, great guy. I’m so happy for this resurgence and for this recognition and acknowledgment of his getting his flowers. And I want him to go all the way, man. I wanna see him on that Oscar stage, and hold that sucker up, and deliver, I’m sure, what will be an amazing speech.”

Clearly, any amount of words of praise is less for Fraser as he has picked himself out of a darker period and made a comeback. The Mummy Franchise actor is one of the important influences in DJ’s acting career.

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The Rock kick-started his Hollywood career through Fraser’s movie The Mummy Returns. Even Johnson acknowledges Fraser for being a part of his first movie. The WWE legend was glad to be a part of a mega-movie franchise that Brendan Fraser led.

Dwayne Johnson recalls getting signed to work with Brendan Fraser

Johnson’s first two major movie roles came in The Mummy Franchise. He acted as the Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns. Moreover, he is also the lead actor in the spin-off Scorpian King movie. In the same interview, The Rock recalled his experience when he joined Fraser in The Mummy Returns.

The People’s Champion said, “When they came to me and asked me to be in The Mummy Returns, that was Brendan’s movie. He had to okay it, he had no idea. (Also), we had never met. We had never even spoken on the phone.”

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Johnson added, “And the word that I got from our director Stephen Sommers was, ‘Brendan loves this idea and is so happy you’re in the movie.’ It really meant for me so much because I didn’t know what I was doing in Hollywood. I’d just come from WWE. I had no acting experience except in the WWE.”

The Rock hadn’t been on a movie set before and got to be at the Sahara Desert to film his scene. It made him glad to get a yes from Fraser for the movie, as DJ was the newest person in the industry.

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Johnson also shared becoming emotional when Fraser got a 10-minute standing ovation recently. He termed it one of the most beautiful moments ever seen in the acting world.

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Tushar Deogharkar is a WWE writer at EssentiallySports. Tushar has done his Master's in Tourism Management and is an ardent fan of pro wrestling. He follows WWE and AEW very closely and wants to learn how the promotions are run.

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Despite Black Adam Success, Dwayne Johnson Puts 53-Year-Old Hollywood Megastar Over Himself For Oscars

Dwayne Johnson recalls getting signed to work with Brendan Fraser

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