Honestly, it’s hard not to laugh at Dwayne Johnson’s wig. I mean, have you seen him? The actor has undeniable charisma, but his film choices, of late, are, let’s say, questionable. And there he is, in the remake of Moana, a 10-year-old film, with a giant wig that keeps pulling you out of the movie. The upside? He himself knows it doesn’t work… and he has (or pretends to have) a sense of humor. That’s something.
What can I say? Just “oof, no”
At least the actor has admitted that when he saw the first memes of his wig he couldn’t help laughing out loud… And that’s even though he had to try on 12 different ones during filming until he found the perfect one. Well, “perfect.” So to speak. “I laughed so much when it came out, and people saw me in a wig for the first time. They turned me into a meme”, he said.
But, you know when people act like they’re laughing at themselves but really they didn’t find it funny at all? That’s what it seems like with Johnson, who then rushed to say “The internet did what the internet does. It was very, very funny, but I was like ‘Come on, okay, just go see the movie’”. Lots of laughs, sure, but give me more money and confirm that I’m still famous, please. After the whole The Smashing Machine thing, I urgently need it.
Mind you, Johnson is aware that the movie has problems because it’s been made too soon, but, like the well-trained star he is, he also has an answer for that: “It’s live action, they’re real human beings. When we started… there were a few who said ‘You have to give it more time’ and I thought ‘Okay, I get it, but at the same time this version has qualities that are better conveyed by real people’”. This Friday we’ll find out: massive hit or will it only be remembered for the wig?
