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Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he had auditioned for the part of popular character Jack Reacher but lost out to Hollywood star Tom Cruise.<\/p>\nDwayne Johnson has revealed that he had auditioned for the part of popular character Jack Reacher but lost out to Hollywood star Tom Cruise.<\/p>\n
During a Q&A session on Instagram, Johnson said he was confident about bagging the part as he believed his physical attributes are perfect for the character, created by author Lee Child.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Hollywood, actors are kind of like in-a-box. There are actors that can vie for a particular role because it allows for them to have a certain look, skin colour, size, etc.<\/p>\n
\u201cFortunately, for me, there aren\u2019t a lot of guys at all who look like me. So, all of my roles, from the beginning of my career, I\u2019ve been a lucky son of a b***h that they\u2019ve been created and designed for me except Jack Reacher,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Johnson said at the time Cruise was \u201cbiggest movie star in the world, and I was not\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI got the call saying \u2018Hey, you didn\u2019t get the role\u2019. Look, I didn\u2019t even know if I had a shot for it, but the people around me at that time made me think that I did. I felt like I did, I felt like \u2018Why not me?'\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
However, the actor later got the chance to play Luke Hobbs in fifth installment of the \u201cFast & Furious\u201d franchise. And today, Johnson is one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m positive that the role of Jack Reacher, because it was an established character, an IP that was well known and beloved around the world, that I wouldn\u2019t have had the creative space to do what I wanted with the character, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI look back in gratitude that I didn\u2019t get Jack Reacher,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Cruise had played the character in two films \u20132012\u2019s \u201cJack Reacher\u201d and its 2016 sequel \u201cJack Reacher: Never Go Back\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Dwayne Johnson has revealed that he had auditioned for the part of popular character Jack Reacher but lost out to Hollywood star Tom Cruise. During a Q&A session on Instagram, Johnson said he was confident about bagging the part as he believed his physical attributes are perfect for the character, created by author Lee Child. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":58505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n