Who better than The Rock to play the demigod Hecules? Nobody, according to MGM and Brett Ratner...
If there’s one actor working today physically suited to playing Hercules, it’s Dwayne Johnson, surely. MGM certainly thinks so, as it'smade an offer to The Rock himself to play Hercules in director Brett Ratner's adaptation of Steve Moore's Hercules: The Thrarcian Wars.
Moore’s comic finds Hercules some years after his glory days, summoned by the Thracian king to train his army in preparation for a war, with the promise of gold and glory as a reward. However, Hercules soon has questions about the path he has taken, and seeks redemption.
Johnson is never one to shy away from sharing his workout habits whilst preparing for a new film, as was demonstrated with his preparations for G.I. Joe: Retaliation, and now Michael Bay’s body building pic, Pain and Gain. Going from those will surely put him in good shape to play the mythological demigod...
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