From 2019 to 2020, Dawn Johnson (Rock Johnson) was the world's highest paid actor for two consecutive years. From a wrestler to an international movie star, and also became the highest paid actor in Hollywood by taking over, his entire experience can be described as "legendary" and "miraculous".
When the Fast & Furious series of Brave Games series rages on the rise, let's take a look at how the Hollywood tough guy rose.
Johnson's father and grandfather were award-winning celebrities in the world of professional wrestling. When he was in his early twenties, Johnson moved to Pennsylvania to focus on American football. He joined the University of Miami's American football team while at the University of Miami and won his first national championship in 1991.
He then competed in the '92 and '95 National Championships and ended his American football career after the 95th tournament against the University of Nebraska for the FedEx Orange Bowl.
In 1995, after Dwayne Johnson was cut by the Canadian Football League, he only had $7 in his pocket, and then he came to Florida, which is why Dwayne Johnson named his production company "Seven Dollars Production Company".
Johnson began playing in the World Professional Wrestling League at the age of 26. In 2000, his autobiography, "So Says The Rock," topped the New York Times bestseller list. Meanwhile, his American Professional Wrestling Highlights CD features songs that have collaborated with other artists, including Grammy Award winner Wyclef Jean.
In 2001, Johnson starred in his first film, The Mummy Returns, as the Egyptian Scorpion King. At the time, the sequel would shock the audience with its exciting adventures, imposing battle scenes, excellent computer stunt production, and strong visual impact. The cameo of the Scorpion King on the rocks is even more shocking.
As a wrestler by birth, Johnson was certainly his first choice for making action movies when he first entered Hollywood. If it's exciting, it's better to play "Scorpion King" than to play a Smackdown game.
However, the significance of the transformation from wrestling king to "Scorpion King" is that Johnson received a salary of 5.5 million US dollars for the first time he picked the girder, which is enough to write into the Guinness Book of World Records.
Still, Johnson, the "King of Wrestling," is well aware that he is still a newcomer in Hollywood. Moreover, Hollywood is far more brutal than the wrestling stage, and will not give him the space and time to dedicate a "two-minute speech".
Therefore, he must put down the figure of "Wrestling King", in addition to being the protagonist in the "Scorpion King" spin-off movie, he participated in the shooting of the small-budget production film "Mighty Earthquake Bafang", including the comedy "The Adventures of Wushan", "Confused Detective" and "Tooth Fairy".
Even if it is a "tooth fairy" with long wings, short skirts, and a magic wand, Rock is willing to play. After all, hollywood has very few opportunities to take on blockbusters, and Johnson is more serious and devoted to acting than wrestling.
The bad guy who didn't want to be on the wrestling stage, he played "Dumb Detective" on the big screen; he was the opponent of the popular Steve Carrell, and finally led the big villain bento scene; even in "Second-rate Detective", the opening 10 minutes of the scene, he did not hesitate to take over...
But being a non-salty muscular supporting actor was obviously not Dwayne Johnson's life goal, and he had a strong physique and a height of 1.95 meters, and he most wanted to be a top Hollywood traffic star at that time. In addition, Johnson is said to have "big goal" to run for the presidency of the United States in 2024.
Opportunities are for those who are prepared, and 2010's Fast & Furious 5 became another turning point for Dwayne Johnson. Originally, it was a supporting actor with muscles invited, but I didn't expect to steal the light of the two male protagonists.
After all, with the help of the image of the CIA agent and the toughness of the submachine gun, as well as Johnson's own unique sense of pungency and humor, he built Agent Hobbes into his own "rock brand".
Then, "The Mummy" star Brandon Fisher resigned from "Geocentric Adventures 2: Mysterious Island", and Rock Johnson naturally took over the protagonist Sean's stepfather Hank, and began to become the male number one of Hollywood blockbusters.
In the same year, Rock Johnson also became the ancient Greek theme film "Son of Zeus: Hercules" as the ancient Greek Hercules, bearing in mind that this role was previously played by the famous Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Then, in the "Fast and Furious" series, Johnson played four films, including "Fast and Furious". And since he joined, the "Fast and Furious" series has begun to go all the way up, from low-cost drag racing films, and instantly successfully transformed into a hot police blockbuster. When the times make heroes, the rocks have risen!
After Rock joined "Special Forces 2: Total Strike Back" and "Fast and Furious 6" sold well, the American magazine "Forbes" released the annual revenue list of Hollywood male stars, and Dawn Johnson ranked fifth at the time.
Since then, Hollywood heavyweight blockbusters such as "Doomsday Collapse", "Raging Monster", "Skyscraper Rescue", "Brave's Game", "Black Adam" and so on have chosen Rock Johnson as the male lead. This tough guy who is as strong as a wall is not a stupid big man in people's eyes, and his performance is humorous and tender, which has become a Hollywood box office guarantee.
At this time, stallone, Schwarzenegger, Shange Yunton and other traditional tough guys have become old, and handsome stars such as Atango, Pitt, Matt Damon and so on have action blockbusters, but they are not traditional tall muscular men. So, in this era, Rock Johnson became the deserved king of tough guys in Hollywood.
In August 2016, forbes, an authoritative financial magazine in the United States, announced the world's top ten highest-paid male stars, and Dawn Johnson became the most gold-absorbing male star in 2016 with $64.5 million; at the end of December 2017, Forbes announced the list of the highest-grossing actors in the world in 2017, and Dawn Johnson ranked second.
From 2019 to 2020, Rock Johnson twice won the world's highest-grossing actor, unbeatable.
For this honor, Johnson said, "I work very hard, but I would never have dreamed that I would become the highest paid actor in Forbes history, and although I do not have a Harvard MBA, my business philosophy and keen insight have been enhanced over time and past failures." ”
He acknowledged this great achievement on Instagram, Dwayne Johnson was always humble, hardworking, grateful, if you ask him what the secret of success is? He'll put it all down to – work hard!
He confessed, "Whether it's wrestling or acting in movies, I put the audience first. ”
In terms of private life, Rock Johnson had two marriages, which were relatively less high-profile.
On August 18, 2019, Dawn Johnson and his 12-year girlfriend, Lauren Hashean, were married in their hometown of Hawaii.
Dawn Johnson began dating Lauren Hashean in 2007. The two have two daughters, aged 3 and 1, named Jasmine and Tiana.
It was Johnson's second marriage, after he had a daughter with his ex-wife, Danny Garcia (Johnson's agent), named Simone Garcia Johnson.
Today, Dwayne Johnson is very busy, and there will be films such as "Jungle Cruise" and "Red One" to meet the audience. From the wrestling stage is quite tough, on the big screen he relies on muscles to eat, his bright smile and cute skills are also quite popular with teenagers, he is a well-deserved Hollywood popular fried chicken.
The male protagonist of "The Return of the Mummy" Brandon Fisher has long since retreated from the rapids, but Dwayne Johnson from the wrestling king to the "Scorpion King supporting role", and then to the hottest hero in the United States, he successfully transformed and reached the top of Hollywood, relying on his own superior conditions, and unremitting efforts, and strive to seize his own opportunities.