“You Only Get One Crack”: Dwayne Johnson Once Revealed His “Intense” Eight-Month Workout Plan to Fit an Epic Role in $244 Million Hollywood Movie

Among all the different ventures that Dwayne Johnson has been a massive part of, a 2014 Hollywood movie gathered much praise for the actor. The role Johnson played in the blockbuster demanded the actor to remodel himself into a more massive body.

To successfully achieve it, The Rock gave it all. Once the actor also shared about his process of getting in the desired shape for the role. He went into a long process of intense workouts to transform into the body of the movie’s character. 

The action-adventure film that portrays a story of a demigod was no less than an impressive attempt at transforming fantasy into reality. It starred several well-known actors like Ian McShane and John Hurt. As we already know, Hercules was a box-office success, earning $244 million on a $100 million budget. 

Dwayne Johnson spoke about his intense training for the wrestler

There’s always one question people ask the former wrestler, and that is about his magnificent physique. Fans seek tips and advice to apply some of it to themselves. However, this movie brought more such questions for the 50-year-old.

Everyone wanted to know the secret behind the massive body. And so, ‘We Got This Covered’ once asked the actor about getting into the skin of the character while interviewing him for Hercules. 

To which the actor replied, “This was completely different, like getting in shape for this role was completely different because it was a, it was a, it was an eight-month process- training twice a day, hired a great strength and conditioning coach, a diet coach…really intense diet for six, eight months too as well.”

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During the interview, he also mentioned that a chance of working in such a huge movie does not come easy and one must give his everything to make it work. 

He said, “So you know you only get one crack at Hercules and making it good and making it epic and when making something epic and defining is the goal…then, then you gotta commit to it and it was an intense process that was very challenging, but I’m happy we did it.

Story of The Rock on the sets of Hercules

The hard work was all worth it as the on-screen image of The Rock got much traction and praise from all. His epic role in the movie also included action sequences that were delivered by him with immense strength. However, there’s one fascinating backstory that will leave you in awe.

Even being an athlete, the former WWE wrestler couldn’t control but got blacked out during the shoot of Hercules. Fortunately, he was already chained, so didn’t fall on his face.

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