Hollywood has repeatedly given acting opportunities to professional fighters who want to "change the wind" to be screen heroes, like John Cena, Dave Bautista, Kevin Nash ... But perhaps, only wrestlers have ever won 17 championships. The Rock is making a big difference.

In 2016, Dwayne Johnson - a flat-handed man surpassed many veteran faces to become the world's highest paid Actor with $ 64.5 million. In 2017, he dropped to the second position on the list with 65 million USD (inferior to the leader of Mark Wahlberg 3 million USD). Also in this year, two of the three films that Dwayne Johnson participated in achieved huge sales: The Fate of the Furious swept with $ 1.163 billion and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle quietly "pocketed" 944.4 million dollars.

Director Brad Peyton (who has collaborated with Dwayne in 3 films Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, San Andreas and Rampage) has called this giant 1m96 tall "the biggest movie star in the world". And perhaps, this compliment is not too flattering.

The secret to creating success

At 45, Dwayne Johnson is one of the best money-making stars in the world for both him and the studio. The total income that the former wrestler has earned by filming is estimated at $ 220 million. Dwayne's total of 27 grossed films grossed about $ 9 billion (Boxoffice Mojo data).

More importantly, Dwayne Jonhson's image and name has become popular with mass audiences. When asked by Vanity Fair about the secret to success in both careers - wrestling and actors, Dwayne sincerely revealed: "Work hard and be grateful to others. You have to stay focused and don't bring The self is too big. When you achieve success, never appear complacent. Finally, never doubt yourself. "

The giant with a sentimental soul

Looking back, the path that this former champion went was not a carpet full of roses. Dawyne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, is the third generation in a family with a tradition of pursuing wrestling. His father was the first African-American champion, and his grandfather - a chief was the first Samoa to play the game.

But from the beginning, Dwayne Johnson did not choose the path like father and grandfather. He enjoys playing rugby, having received a full scholarship from Miami University to pursue a career in football. The dream shattered because of an evil trauma. And Dwayne returned to the wrestler, which had always been in flesh and blood.

No formal acting training, but raising the ambition to become a Will Smith (more childlike version), Dwayne Johnson often chose action-heavy, entertaining scripts.

He himself once shared, "I don't like the film that ends in sadness. Life has brought a lot of horrible things - I don't want it to appear in my film. When credits come out, I want to feel contented. pray ".

Growing up in a wrestling family is not easy. Dwayne described his father as an extremely fastidious person. The story of my father often going to the competition made the family of three people have to move a lot. Dwayne lived in five different states while in kindergarten, and at high school, this number was at 13.

In 12, his father switched from dueling with his rival to quarreling with his mother. Dad was unemployed, his family fell into poverty, Dwayne started stealing and was arrested. He fought more, became an angry person when he couldn't control his emotions.

Divorced parents. At the age of 15, Dwayne Johnson had to witness his mother trying to commit suicide by wandering into the highway after they were expelled from the apartment. The worry about moms, trauma and the breakdown with girlfriends made Dwayne face psychological problems for many years. But instead of giving up, he chose to fight and heal himself and his mother.

We often sarcasm the big guys and animals with the analogy: "Stupid mind, developing limbs". But for Dwayne Johnson, this is not true at all.

Beautiful figure, bright smile, cool face, cinematic atmosphere and especially smart choices are what make the former legendary wrestler to become a real movie star.