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Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead

Posted by El Duque Apr 26, 2013 at 6:15pm CDT 27,000 views
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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson revealed via a twitter conversation earlier today that he was originally offered the Transformers 4 lead by director Michael Bay. When he was unable to accept due to a shooting conflict with his upcoming Hercules film the part was offered to Mark Wahlberg. Had he been able to accept that would have put him as the lead role of two major Hasbro movie franchises, G.I. Joe where he played Roadblock and Transformers! Unofficial crossover action?

Wahlberg and Johnson can be seen in Bay's current release Pain & Gain, which opens today!

Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead

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Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Rated X Apr 26, 2013
That would have been so awesome, but instead we got screwed with f**kin marky mark. What a shame, but Rocky had to get his money.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Mindmaster Apr 26, 2013
Wahlberg's okay, but had the Rock accepted the lead role, Transformers 4 could had been exponentially successful. Every movie I've seen featuring him were excellent and top-notch.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by RodimalToyota Apr 26, 2013
Johnson would just end up killing the major decepticon villian with his bare hands, then pimp slapped Optimus for slacking, and not know what was cooking.


I like the Rock, it would have been fun, but Marky's cool with me.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by njb902 Apr 26, 2013
Mindmaster wrote:Wahlberg's okay, but had the Rock accepted the lead role, Transformers 4 could had been exponentially successful. Every movie I've seen featuring him were excellent and top-notch.


My favorite is "the rundown".
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by 5150 Cruiser Apr 26, 2013
RodimalToyota wrote:Johnson would just end up killing the major decepticon villian with his bare hands, then pimp slapped Optimus for slacking, and not know what was cooking.

I like the Rock, it would have been fun, but Marky's cool with me.


Haha! :APPLAUSE:

I too would have loved to see him take the lead role. But i'm cool with Marky Mark as well. He's done really well in pretty much all his movies. No complaints here. One good part about this is that there does leave that slight chance of one day there being a G.I. Joe movie cross-over. How bad ass would it be after the credits role they show Mark Walberg eating at a dinner and in walks the rock along with Snake eyes...

"Looks like you could use a hand..."

Specatular!
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by dabattousai Apr 26, 2013
njb902 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Wahlberg's okay, but had the Rock accepted the lead role, Transformers 4 could had been exponentially successful. Every movie I've seen featuring him were excellent and top-notch.


My favorite is "the rundown".



My favorite was The Tooth Fairy! :grin:
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Rodimus Prime Apr 26, 2013
Wow, he should have taken it. I like Wahlberg, but The Rock would have been f**king awesome in TF4. It definitely would have made him more money and would be seen by more people than Hercules, I guarantee it. Not that he needs the exposure...

...maybe he secretly hates Bay and just didn't want to work with him again...?
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Bumblevivisector Apr 26, 2013
El Duque wrote:When he was unable to accept due to a shooting conflict with his upcoming Hercules film

What? The Rock might have been in TF4 except he's shooting a movie about that big TFC Toys Devastator?!?!?

Dear Primus, 3rd Party toys really ARE hurting the brand!



Sorry, I couldn't resist...
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Mindmaster Apr 26, 2013
Bumblevivisector wrote:
El Duque wrote:When he was unable to accept due to a shooting conflict with his upcoming Hercules film

What? The Rock might have been in TF4 except he's shooting a movie about that big TFC Toys Devastator?!?!?

Dear Primus, 3rd Party toys really ARE hurting the brand!



Sorry, I couldn't resist...


Image
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by CBratetron Apr 26, 2013
This is why we needed someone new to take the reins for the next trilogy.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by TulioDude Apr 26, 2013
RodimalToyota wrote:Johnson would just end up killing the major decepticon villian with his bare hands, then pimp slapped Optimus for slacking, and not know what was cooking.



:lol:
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by ILL-Star Apr 26, 2013
Would have been a bit awkward had he starred in both. Plus I feel GI Joe needed him more given how the first one was terrible. It would've been pretty cool though. A human character that may actually have done something other than run, hide, and breath heavily.
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Comment by jimlv921977 Apr 26, 2013
Not sure if anyone picked up on this. Two words: Boogie Nights. Okay, Mark Wahlberg was in Boogie Nights where he performed Stan Bush's "The Touch" which was in the original Transformers Animated movie. Coincidence? Maybe The Touch could make it into this movie or maybe Stan Bush can do a whole new song to fit Transformers 4. Who knows.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Megatron Wolf Apr 26, 2013
doesnt matter who takes the lead the movie is still going to be more of the same as long as bay has control. Still say the original nest guys should've stayed on, they were the only good humans in the previous movies. Ok keep the sector 7 guy on as comic relief but get rid of the kids.
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Comment by Capt.Failure Apr 26, 2013
Mindmaster wrote:Wahlberg's okay, but had the Rock accepted the lead role, Transformers 4 could had been exponentially successful. Every movie I've seen featuring him were excellent and top-notch.



Oh really? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808510/
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Mindmaster Apr 26, 2013
Capt.Failure wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:Wahlberg's okay, but had the Rock accepted the lead role, Transformers 4 could had been exponentially successful. Every movie I've seen featuring him were excellent and top-notch.



Oh really? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808510/


Jokes on you, I've never seen that movie (not one for comedies, really), therefore my comment still stands.

It did poorly because the Rock had wanted to try one thing different, thus "The Tooth Fairy".
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Rated X Apr 26, 2013
All this love for Marky Mark is a surprise to me. I wonder if you guys like Vanilla Ice too ? He did a couple movies. :lol:

But nobody beats the Rock. He is truly the most electrifying superstar in TV today. When he hit that Rock Bottom and pinned John Cena 1-2-3 last year at Wrestlemaina in Miami, you could feel the energy from the crowd. One guys sign said it all "If Cena wins, we Riot" !!! :KREMZEEK:
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by El Duque Apr 26, 2013
Rated X wrote:All this love for Marky Mark is a surprise to me. I wonder if you guys like Vanilla Ice too ? He did a couple movies. :lol:


While I admit I probably would have preferred Johnson, it's not really fair to put Wahlberg back in the Marky Mark days for comparison. Sure that's where he got his start, but he evolved tremendously since then and will bring considerable star power to the film.
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by Capt.Failure Apr 27, 2013
El Duque wrote:
Rated X wrote:All this love for Marky Mark is a surprise to me. I wonder if you guys like Vanilla Ice too ? He did a couple movies. :lol:


While I admit I probably would have preferred Johnson, it's not really fair to put Wahlberg back in the Marky Mark days for comparison. Sure that's where he got his start, but he evolved tremendously since then and will bring considerable star power to the film.


But Transformers if a fandom all about dwelling in the past. Why stop now? ;)
Re: Dwayne Johnson Was Offered the Transformers 4 Lead (view post)
Comment by El Duque Apr 27, 2013
Capt.Failure wrote:
El Duque wrote:
Rated X wrote:All this love for Marky Mark is a surprise to me. I wonder if you guys like Vanilla Ice too ? He did a couple movies. :lol:


While I admit I probably would have preferred Johnson, it's not really fair to put Wahlberg back in the Marky Mark days for comparison. Sure that's where he got his start, but he evolved tremendously since then and will bring considerable star power to the film.


But Transformers if a fandom all about dwelling in the past. Why stop now? ;)


True :BANG_HEAD:
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