Interview: The Rock On...

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Moviehole interview Mr. The Rock himself and got the latest on Be Cool, The Scorpion King 2 and Spy-Hunter.

 

Moviehole talked to The Rock today, who talked about his upcoming projects. He also confirmed that Uma Thurman and Vince Vaughn will be joining him on "Be Cool", the sequel to "Get Shorty".

 

Clint: They're talking about you as someone that might replace Arnold for "The Terminator 4" or "Predator 3". Would you be interested?

 

The Rock: I've heard that a lot actually. I don't know. Thing is, Arnold has put so much into those roles. They're his roles. I liked "Terminator 3" but I loved the first two movies, and "Predator", the first one, is just fantastic.

 

Clint: You got to do a bit of comedy in "Welcome to the Jungle" (aka The Rundown). Was that fun?

 

The Rock: Sure. That was a lot of fun. I always wanted to do an action movie that also had comedy in it, like "Lethal Weapon" or "Midnight Run". My Next movie is an even broader comedy role; I'm doing the sequel to "Get Shorty". We start in February.

 

Clint: So not an action role then?

 

The Rock: No, purely a comedy role. What I'd like to do in my acting career is diversify myself, learn as much as I can about the process as possible. "Be Cool" is going to be great, it's John Travotla, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn... we've got this huge cast. And get this: I play a bodyguard who wants to break into Hollywood, who can sing, and he's gay! [Laughs]

 

Clint: You’ve got quite a full schedule, haven't you?

 

The Rock: Yep, "Spy Hunter", and then "Be Cool" and of course "Walking Tall" coming out soon. I'm not complaining though. It's hard to believe sometimes. I mean 7 years ago, I had nothing to do.

 

Clint: Have we seen the last of "The Scorpion King"?

 

The Rock: Never say Never. I think so, but, well, I'd like to do another one. I mean, there's such a big gap in timeline between the start of "The Mummy" sequel and the end of "The Scorpion King" that I think there's a story in the middle there too. How he becomes and all.

 

From: ComingSoon.net

 

 

Walking Tall Trailer

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I'm pretty excited about "Be Cool", as it's a great book featuring plenty of the "grey" characters you expect in an Elmore Leonard story.

 

The character of Elliott just SCREAMS Rock. The character is described as 6'4", 260lbs, half-black, half-Samoan who tends to raise one eyebrow.

 

I'm curious as to the characters Thurman and Vaughn would play though. Thurman probably Edith Athens or Elaine Levin, Vaughn maybe Raji the pimp or Nicky Car. Wonder if they'll actually get a singer to play Linda Moon?