The excesses of great Hollywood actors are not new, nor do they put a film at serious risk, as we saw recently when talking about one of the most disastrous shoots in history, that of The Island of Doctor Moreau, but this type of information always surprises us. Thus, a few days ago several high-profile accusations of very unprofessional behavior by Dwayne Johnson in a Prime Video film were published in the press.
An exorbitant budget: 250 million dollars
And, always according to a publication by The Wrap, the development of Red One for Amazon’s subscription service has been anything but calm, also causing its budget to skyrocket. to 250 million dollars. An outrage, especially if we take into account that this was only going to be a Christmas movie driven by the charisma of its two protagonists, the aforementioned Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans, Captain America in Marvel.
The Wrap’s information is based on statements from sources close to the Prime Video blockbuster, who explain how the actor’s “chronic lateness” and lack of professionalism on set, as well as the inexperience of the producers, ended up leading to the enormous waste that this Red One has become, with a premiere scheduled for this month of November. Of course, before continuing, Amazon & MGM Studios have categorically denied everything.
First of all, and again always according to The Wrap, it is said that it was common for the Black Adam star to appear up to eight hours late during filming, causing changes in the schedule and days of work being lost. “The only thing Dwayne was consistent about was being chronically late,” says one of the members of the production contacted by the portal, who also points out how these accusations also occurred in previous films: “[En Rampage] He flatly refuses to work more than four or five hours a day“.
What has drawn the most attention on social media, however, is his questionable attitude on the set. So much so that, apparently, and to save some time, the actor would have the bad habit of saying in a bottle: “On filming, far from his caravan, If he needs to urinate, he doesn’t go to the bathroom.. He pees in a water bottle and his team or a personal assistant has to get rid of it.” Specifically, he would have done it in a container from the Norwegian brand Voss.
From making smoothies to running a Hollywood company
The third point, as we said before, has to do with the producers of the film, starting with Dwayne Johnson’s great friend, Hiram Garcia, “who He went from making Dwayne’s protein shakes to running his company“. An absolute chaos that Prime Video does not seem to be very happy about, having not yet started the promotion of the film. We will have to wait until November to know if at least a product comes out of this that will blow it up in audiences like Red Alert, the film from The Rock with Gal Gadot and Ryan Reynolds that hit it big on Netflix.
Red One is a globe-trotting Christmas-themed action-adventure comedy directed by Jake Kasdan. In addition to Johnson and Evans, the film also includes JK Simmons, Lucy Liu, Nick Kroll, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Kiernan Shipka, Kristofer Hivju and Wesley Kimmel in the cast. A great cast.
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