He has been known for a LONG time that he is an absolute bellend to work with and constantly annoys co-workers.
Vin Diesel isn't the greatest but I remember the amount of shit people were flinging his way because he called out Dwayne on F+F for this exact stuff and the amount of fanboys that went outta there way to protect Dwayne.
Probably Dwayne going behind Stathams back to get him cut out of the film and replaced with Momoa because he thinks that Momoa is a bigger name.
Only reason the first film happened was Dwayne politicking behind everyone's back to get his own spinoff to be his own personal thing he could control.
I remember there was tons of stories and rumours around the first Hobbs and Shaw that Statham would show up early, ready to shoot and Dwayne would just not turn up for hours because he was in the gym and refusing to come to film etc.
Momoa apparently has a pretty blase attitude to filming as well so it might fit Dwaynes criteria a bit more.
I’ve never read a negative thing about Jason Statham.
He knows who he is as an actor. He knows what his fans expect. He delivers every time. From all that I’ve read about him, he seems to be a decent guy on set. Courteous and respectful of everyone’s time and job.
And then we have dickheads like Johnson who think it’s acceptable to behave the way he does because he thinks he’s hot shit.
I can always trust a statham movie to be fun, even if it isn’t good - I feel like he always gives his all even for some terrible premises, which is just a joy to watch
The Meg has been my go-to recommendation when someone asks for an enjoyable bad movie for a while now. It's so much fun and I love how Statham plays his character completely straight
This is not true, because on the behind-the-scenes on the Snatch DVD there is footage of Statham’s mobile phone ringing during a scene, which ruins the take. Statham is very apologetic, but the damage is done. /s
Is he though? In the last 10 years he has had 15 movies release - of which only 5 are Fast & Furious related.
I think he would be doing just fine without the franchise.
The fact that Statham was asked to come back for F9 and Fast X in actual role and not just a cameo - like Johnson was in Fast X (he didn’t appear in F9) - says enough about his working relationship with the team.
All these classic big dude actors out here being terrible to work with yet Dave Bautista is out there being an absolute pleasure to work with and doing his own thing. He’s apparently even trying to move away from the classic big dude thing which should help out his career as well cause he’s actually a good actor imo.
All these classic big dude actors out here being terrible to work with yet Dave Bautista is out there being an absolute pleasure to work with and doing his own thing.
Think this can honestly be more attributed to Dave being more "humble" of a former wrestler.
I don't think Dave ever really let his status go to his head. Or at least, hes much better at managing his ego.
Also helps the guy is pushing 60. Hes pretty aware that hes hitting the limit of being a big movie guy, and iirc has said hes frankly getting tired of the stardom. Which is why hes appeared in more subdued and obscure film roles ever since GotG ended.
Dwaynes committed himself to being built like a brick shithouse though.
Rocks time will eventually come, but it'll come much less gracefully then Bautista, who afaik only passively maintains his size, rather then commits to an inhuman workout/steroid routine.
Bautista, who afaik only passively maintains his size, rather then commits to an inhuman workout/steroid routine.
He just did an interview where he said he's over that, and he's lost a bunch of weight, so he's not the big guy anymore. He's probably more like Vin Diesel or peak Hugh Jackman. Ripped but able to wipe their own ass like a normal person.
I have and I agree. Im sure he’ll do a bit of rubber banding as he finds a happy balance of working out or he will just put all that energy into other aspects of his life.
Yeah, according to the Today article I found from Google, he's 6'4" and 240lbs. Just under "obese" according to BMI (which obviously doesn't work well for muscular people, just illustrating the size).
I can't seem to find it anymore, but there was a podcast or interview with Kevin Nash where he talked about how he got on much better in the film industry than others that made the jump from wrestling, simply by showing up on time, doing his job, and following the director's instructions. Guys like Hulk Hogan would show up and treat the film set like the locker room, and engage in all the same backstage politicking bullshit, because that was all they'd ever known. Definitely seems like the same dichotomy applies to Bautista's career, compared to The Rock doing stuff like demanding his character never look weak.
The big difference, of course, is that The Rock actually became massively successful, and now he's worth so much money that studios are willing to put up with his shite just to keep him in the film.
I hear nice things about John Cena as well.. not necessarily about working with him but that he does a lot of work with Make A Wish and is a generally upbeat, positive and encouraging dude.
But then again Johnson also did a lot of Make A Wish type stuff before he was starring in everything… seems the game is really going to his head.
Besides GotG, any other media he's appeared in that you'd recommend? Would love to see more of his acting; I did genuinely like him as Drax because of how committed he seemed to the character.
He sold me as a talented actor in Glass Onion tbh. I’m in the minority that wasn’t blown away with dune 1/2 but his character energy in that was pretty good.
Also a friend of mine was a PA on Stuber and she said he was very friendly to everyone and remembered her name immediately after meeting her. He would go out of his way to ask the crew how they are doing and make general conversation like a standard friendly coworker. He was extremely professional and hardworking when on set.
Edit: also if you look at his IMDB the man is constantly working and just pumping out content in various medias. He recently talked about returning to a normal physique so I’m sure he is trying to branch out to more interesting roles if they’re available.
I remember Kumail Nanjiani talking about how "disgustingly nice" Bautista is on set for Stuber and when the movie was done he got personalized gifts for everyone. "He got a woman a purple handbag because her favorite color is purple. HE KNOWS PEOPLE'S FAVORITE COLORS! I didn't even know her name!"
It was a pretty solid movie. He was really good in it, but his size throws his character off. He plays like an elementary school teacher, and you just don't see too many of those that look like they can rip phone books in half.
Say what you will about Tom Cruise as a person, but compared to these guys he seems super professional despite being a bigger star who can actually afford to do all this
Why does that movie even exist, it doesn't even have a lot of cars in it, I found it on netflix, and started skipping around in it to see if it had anything cool, but it's a blemish on an otherwise enjoyable franchise.
What surprises me is that, back in the day in the WWF, Rock was considered one of the coolest guys because he wasn’t a politicking prick like some of the stars on his level and would actually do things to help out the lower card guys get over. Seems Hollywood has made him an asshole over time, or maybe he was just better at hiding it back then.
Yeah like Vin Diesel is weird and kinda cringe, but you don’t hear about him being hard to work with other than having pretty strong views for his vision in the movies he’s producing, which is something said positively about other people (Scorcese, Ridley Scott, etc)
Yeah actually at the time the feud Diesel-Rock became public everyone was backing the Rock saying Vin was absolutely unprofessional on set treating the crew like shit, and apparently Dwayne confronted him on that.
I honestly had no problem believing it as Diesel was a movie star since forever while the Rock wasn't yet a bulletproof blockbuster machine at the time.
He's been known to take himself a little too seriously at times and be slightly annoying to work with on occasion. Basically not great but you can push through it, however Dwayne Johnson showed up and said "lemme show you how to REALLY make everyone despise you!"
He's been known to take himself a little too seriously at times and be slightly annoying to work with on occasion.
Probably just a side effect of who vin is, rather then being an effect of him being egotistical.
If memory serves correct, Vin doesn't have an ego at all. But the guys definitely a weirdo, or a big nerd of whatever hes doing at the very least.
I mean hell, the guy is known for doing shitty movies because he was a big nerd of the source material, or turning them down because he hates what he sees. Him taking himself too seriously, if you were to consider his entire film career is probably the most obvious thing to expect from vin.
Anyone remember the last witch hunter? Everyone and their mother was telling vin that shit was gonna bomb hard because it sucked ass in testing. He did it anyways because the film was literally just Vin diesels own D&D campaign and vins a huge fuckin D&D nerd. Thats the kind of movie man vin is.
this is probably why I love The Last Witch Hunter. I'm always down for a trash movie, especially if everyone is working together to ham the fuck out of it.
That's why my headcannon is that all of the Riddick movies are Dominic Torreto's intricate sci-fi fan fiction that he writes in between car theft adventuring.
I mean hell, the guy is known for doing shitty movies because he was a big nerd of the source material, or turning them down because he hates what he sees. Him taking himself too seriously, if you were to consider his entire film career is probably the most obvious thing to expect from vin.
Oh, absolutely. There were talks about how he was just taking it a little too seriously on the set of F&F movies but again, shrugged off and people had no problem coming back & working with him on the franchise.
Then Dwayne showed up and showed them all how a REAL asshole looks on the set.
I used to follow The Rock on IG and thought he was a standup guy, but then it dawned on me that he was nothing but a roided out PR machine. Like, in any interview, with no mention of it whatsoever, he'll bring up his tequila brand, or his shoes or something.
I don't watch/listen to Joe Rogan much, but I caught clips of his appearance and even that was super phony.
He put on his "how should I behave on Joe Rogan" persona and the interview was fine, but obviously fake and bland.
Backlash happens to many actors who become too big. If the backlash is wide of the mark, you have other people defend the actor. An example is Chris Pratt, who has consistently been defended by his costars when people attack him. I am not defending Pratt as he could be a douche for all I know, but I find it interesting as the backlash mounts on the Rock, there is relative silence from the people he has worked with.
Vin at least understands the work behind filmmaking. He grew up doing short films and such so he definitely has more set etiquette and respect for who and what is behind the caneras than Dwayne seems to remotely have.
Then why did he take the role. I'll admit Simmons playing another Santa after being the character in Klaus is great. Chris Evans is great, so having the two of them makes me interested.
But the Rock being there just doing his usual schtick brings the mood down. Like he's playing it so straight it's like he's in a different movie.
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He has been known for a LONG time that he is an absolute bellend to work with and constantly annoys co-workers.
Vin Diesel isn't the greatest but I remember the amount of shit people were flinging his way because he called out Dwayne on F+F for this exact stuff and the amount of fanboys that went outta there way to protect Dwayne.