Dwayne Johnson has revealed he once changed agents after his representatives voiced scepticism that he could be as big as stars such as George Clooney or Will Smith. The actor and wrestler is one of Hollywood’s best known and most profitable actors , thanks to roles in films such as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle and Furious 7 . A new interview with GQ saw Johnson discuss the change, which took place shortly after launching his acting career.
Johnson, who rose to fame in the world of WWE, made his film debut in The Mummy Returns in 2001, opposite Brendan Fraser. He reprised his character, the anti-hero the Scorpion King, in the 2002 spin-off named after the character. It was around this time that Johnson is said to have “surveyed the landscape” and “noted who was at the top of it,” as per GQ.
Writes the outlet: “He went to his agents and said, despite whatever recent setbacks he’d experienced, he had an idea, or simply an ambition: He wanted to have the career of George Clooney or Will Smith. But bigger, perhaps, or better. When his agents seemed sceptical of this plan, he found new agents.
” Speaking to GQ , Johnson said that this “was the idea back then”. He admitted that he had thought “I could be bigger” than both Clooney and Smith, two of Hollywood’s highest-profile actors at the time. “And I mean that respectfully,” he says.
“But also maybe do things differently, because there’s no blueprint, I feel like, for a guy like me, who looks lik.