Dwayne Johnson has revealed he lost the chance to play the lead role in a major film to Tom Cruise despite thinking he was a shoo-in.
I felt like I did, I felt like ‘Why not me?’” he said, adding: “Tom was the biggest movie star in the world, and I was not.”
Despite this, Johnson was freed up to create the role of Hobbs alongside Universal in Fast & Furious 5, a role that has helped him become one of the world’s biggest box office players.
Discussing the film that got away, Johnson said: “In Hollywood, actors are kind of like in-a-box.