Bet u can't remember what Tyrese was doing when DOOM opened to #1 thoughbasically if Rock ain't starring in a franchise sequel or a Disney movie, shyts gonna flop.
I'll never forget catching doom opening weekend.
Tyrese goes in on The Rock..update- calls the rock a clown********VIN DIESEL FINALLY RESPONDS
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nobody is forgetting at all, yaw dudes are delusional. the rock was big wrestler wise in the early 00s, his movies were cult status at best.
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The Rock had a built-in fan base from WWE. He's handsome, buff...no homo. He has that Will Smith vibe going for him, where he's a minority but, palatable to white audiences. Objectively, he had everything that would make for a movie career but, he struggled.
In the 2000s, people didn't take him serious as an actor. In the 2000s, major studios weren't risking their big budget movies with him as the starring actor. In the 2000s, he had a string of failed franchises which exacerbated the dilemma in the previous sentence. In the 2000s, he couldn't parlay his WWE marketability into a movie that made Hunger Games/Star Wars/Terminator type money.
Anybody saying otherwise is LYING or is too young to remember.
Then...he came on to Fast & Furious.
Match made in heaven.
F5 did like $600 million. F6 did like $700 million. F7 did like $1.5 billion.
Because of how successful these movies were, the perception that The Rock wasn't capable of being an A-List movie star dissipated. Movie studios started getting comfortable with the idea of a wrestler starring in the lead role in their major productions (e.g. a movie they need to be a hit) whereas before in let's say, 2005, they weren't.
This change in opinion led to him getting GI Joe. San Andreas. Jumanji. Baywatch. Skyscaper. Rampage.
He wasn't getting them roles in 2005.
Again....anybody saying otherwise is a liar or too young to remember.
F&F helped him.....ALOT.
You're delusional as fukk
The attempts at revisionist history about rocks career pre fast and furious are pathetic.
That franchise saved his career.
He's lucky Vin diesel threw him a bone and got him on his franchise otherwise he would be in film with Wesley snipes and Bruce Willis straight to DVD.
And rocks payback is acting like a snake and trying to shark someone else's franchise.
If rock is such a success why does he have so many failures,why can't he create his own fast and furious
Dudes a leech making nothing but sequels and hopping on established properties
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Dudes shytting on The Rock is some crab ass nikkas here.
Dude is the highest paid actor in a shrinking box office market (only Marvel,DC or Star Wars shyt makes $$$)...does tv commercials WWE endorsements and dudes talking about DOOM flopped.
Dude is the highest paid actor in a shrinking box office market (only Marvel,DC or Star Wars shyt makes $$$)...does tv commercials WWE endorsements and dudes talking about DOOM flopped.
No matter what..it was bigger than the Furious shyt..the furious cast kept doing the same thing and didn't make major money until Rock joined up in 2011. Wtf was Luda doing? No one knows. Michelle Rodriguez was getting arrested every week. No one had seen Vin Diesel for years until Fast 5. Paul Walker did his own shyt and nobody watched that. N O B O D Y.
Great heel turn..funny ending in retrospect. And he got your money..So he drew u in, kid. You fell for it. You ain't smarter than the gameDoom was financial bomb
And an awful film
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Lol at hating on someone using leverage to get a better deal.
Tell me....what does Rock owe Tyrese?
Tell me....what does Rock owe Tyrese?
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This is facts. People keep glossing over the fact that "The Rock" history is what really fueled any of this. His return to wrestling in 2011 was the key factor to his current run and his career in general. Fast 5 was an added bonus that helped. And he was good to have them both happen at the same time. It was a good look for him and the film crew.
Once again this topic is taking another corny turn about Rock's drawing power. "Hes a leech oh noes!11!1 He's only doing franchises and remakes he cant get it done!1!1" Who the fukk cares. If a film s good, its good. If a film makes it bank, it makes it bank. Remake, franchise or not. Its still a film at the end of the day. Discrediting any of that work is just super corny.
Facts are Rock was a decent actor with some tanks prior to Fast Five. It was a fine medium but dude wanted more. So guess what, he made some changes to his management and rebuilt his relationship to the vehicle that got him to where he is. Wrestling. He was not heading down the straight to DVD territory no matter what some delusional retards in here are trying to claim. He want desperate. Dude just needed to make some changes after 10 years of just doing ok.
Im not going to credit him as the sole reason for the success of the recent Fast movies but he played a part. Ask anyone on that set and they would tell you the same thing.
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So I guess Cube should have never left NWA since this "family" shyt in business means so much to y'all nikkas.
fukk your own career or aspirations
fukk your own career or aspirations
Rock stans are deep in their feelings when people hit them with facts and numbers