Dwayne Johnson is one of Hollywood's most bankable actors. Over the years, his films have garnered a combined gross of more than $10.5 billion at the box office. However, the charismatic actor's latest flick, the superhero film Black Adam, which he'd working on for 15 years, didn't quite perform as expected. Even worse is that his efforts and the plans for his character, including a crossover with Henry Cavill's Superman character, were left in tatters when Warner Bros. Discovery appointed James Gunn and Peter Safran, who decided to let go of Cavill, as the heads of DC Studios.
During the red carpet at Sunday's Oscar awards ceremony, Johnson revealed to Marc Malkin, Variety's senior culture and events editor, that he and several others put their "best foot forward" while making Black Adam. Johnson stated that they'd surrounded themselves with the best crowd and did their best to deliver an excellent film. The wrestler-turned-actor didn't shy away from the negative critical reviews of the film but pointed out that the audience score was in the 90s.
Johnson likened Gunn and Safran's sack of Cavill to a football team stating, "It's almost like when you have a pro football team and your quarterback wins championships and your head coach wins championships and then a new owner comes in and says, 'Not my coach, not my quarterback. I'm going to go with somebody new."