Have we hit peak Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson?
CBC Radio | Posted: July 20, 2018 1:01 PM | Last Updated: July 20, 2018
To you, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson may be an action hero — a wrestler-turned-movie star — but to film producers and studio executives, he's about 250 pounds of box office gold.
Johnson is the highest-paid actor in Hollywood, according to Forbes Magazine. He's starred in five big-screen movies in the past year: Jumanji, Moana, Baywatch, Rampage and The Fate of the Furious. But The Rock's magic may be wearing off.
His latest blockbuster Skyscraper had a weak opening weekend. That, along with other recent misses, is fuelling a lot of talk about whether audiences are getting tired of him.
Amy Nicholson is a veteran film critic and author. We've asked her help to break down this hard-hitting topic.
Listen to the full conversation above.
— Produced by Vanessa Greco