Dwayne Johnson is happy he doesn’t 'look pregnant' after slimming down to play an old man
Fans have noticed Dwayne Johnson’s smaller frame as of late, and he’s quite happy with his look.
The 53-year-old star put on 30lbs for his film “The Smashing Machine,” but he is now dropping that muscled up frame for a role as Chicken Man in Benny Safdie's forthcoming film “Lizard Music.”
"I’ve been dieting. Happy to not be carrying all the weight,” he told Variety. "I feel good I’m able to tuck in my shirt now. I am slimming down for our movie. ‘Lizard Music’ - can't wait.”
He added, "I don’t look pregnant, so it’s all good.
Dwayne explained that losing the weight is a way to get in character for the movie.
"I'll stay in this zone. This is for my next movie with Benny, Lizard Music, where I play a 75-year-old man,” he told the outlet. "Think Clint Eastwood at 75. Sinewy muscles, he’s lean. But it feels good."
Dwayne feels "much better" since dropping several pounds for a big screen adaptation of Daniel Pinkwater's novel of the same name, which tells the story of a young boy who befriends the Chicken Man to find an invisible island full of intelligent lizard musicians.
"I gained 30lbs for the role in ‘The Smashing Machine,’ so it's good to get it off,” he said. "And I had to maintain it for live action ‘Moana,’ so it's seven months, man, 30lbs is a lot. That's a lot. It weighs on you. But I feel good. I feel much better."
Last month, the WWE star told Variety how he was eating less chicken in a bid to slim down, ironic since his character in the new film is named Chicken Man.
Speaking during a career retrospective at Toronto Film Festival, he said, "This is me slimmed down. In the process of slimming down. I still have a long way to go. I’m so excited to get a chance to hopefully transform again like I was able to do in ‘Smashing Machine.’ [It means] eating less chicken.”
He continued, "Benny pitched me this after [‘Smashing Machine’]. And after about 45 minutes, this pitch ended and I said, 'I am your Chicken Man.’ "
