By the late 2000s, Dwayne Johnson carved a mark in Hollywood. Even though his movies were not breaking box-office numbers like today, he was a famous star. Moreover, it was the same time the Marvel Cinematic Universe was gaining steam with the introduction of Iron Man in 2007. Several X-Men films also etched their name in the mainstream with numerous movies. Surprisingly, a director once gave up a chance to work for a Marvel film, only to direct another movie of The Rock.

This 2006 movie of The Brahma Bull wasn’t a success at the box office after its release. The 48-year-old decided to give up the $464 Million worth comic book movie to direct and write this movie.

Hollywood director left an MCU movie to work with Dwayne Johnson

Last year in September, Cinemablend had a conversation with Southland Tales director Richard Kelly. He shared turning down the 2006 Marvel movie X-Men: The Last Stand to work with Johnson. 

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Kelly said, “I did have a meeting on that project, and I think I was definitely very much in the running. That was an opportunity that I could have aggressively pursued, but I had Dwayne Johnson and the whole cast committed to Southland Tales. I mean, I had Dwayne on board, and I was not going to turn my back on him, ever.”

The $16 million director added, “So, listen, that happens all the time where opportunities come up. I’m someone that, to this day, I feel so grateful to have made Southland Tales, despite the rollercoaster ride that this film has been on.”

That time was a revolutionary one for making sequels and comic book movies. While 21st Century Fox heavily invested in the X-Men franchise, MCU was coming up with its own movies. Kelly had a tremendous opportunity, but he decided to work with ‘The Most Electrifying Man in WWE’ in Southland Tales.

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The movie had a budget of $17 million and earned $374,743 worldwide. DJ did every film studio offered him at the time, but today he is doing top-notch films. Furthermore, his latest cameo in Fast X is making a buzz, as Vin Diesel and Michelle Rodriguez spoke about it. 

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The fans were surprised and happy as The People’s Champion returned to Fast Franchise again. DJ’s role as Luke Hobbs is one of the iconic of the Fast movies and he reprised the role in the latest entry of the series. Michelle Rodriguez spoke with Entertainment Tonight where she said more scenes will be filmed with The Rock in future.

The next movie might feature Jason Momoa and The Rock as per the post-credit scene of Fast X. Did you like DJ’s cameo? What do you make out of Richard Kelly’s comments? Share your opinion below.

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