Dwayne Johnson is a 70 year old man! Or at least that’s what he is going to be in his latest film Lizard Music that has just started shooting for director Benny Safdie.
Based on Daniel Pinkwater’s novel it’s described as “a kid who discovers an island of lizards that are sentient, and they play music, they have broadcast TV. And they want him to come and see them. And he teams up with the Chicken Man, who Dwayne plays, and they go on this adventure to find the land of the lizards.’ according to Safdie who has also written the film for Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists.
How Dwayne Johnson will be a 70 year old man….
Johnson at R23 over the weekend explained that he undergoes 5 hours of make up transformation each day for the role to play a man in his 70’s describing it as, ‘Imagine Willy Wonka but from the mind of Benny Safdie‘.
He went on , ‘I play a septuagenarian man. Now, I didn’t know what the hell that meant. So, I had to Google it, it means you’re in your 70s. So, we transform, and it’s five hours of makeup every day. We’re with Kazu Hiro, who is a legend in Hollywood. He was also nominated for Smashing Machine, for our prosthetics, and he is helping me transform‘
Current status….
He continued, ‘So far, we’re in our second week, and it has already been an unbelievable experience. It’s that thing I was telling the kids, ‘Run towards that thing.’ This is that thing that I ran towards and chased the challenge, and this was a challenge for me. I love Benny, he’s one of my best friends and most embraced collaborators, so I can’t wait for you to see it,” said Johnson..
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