The Rock appeared in Avatar 2? Despite what IMDB may claim, many of the millions of people who have gone to watch the long-awaited sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, as well as fans of the Black Adam actor, are confident they saw Dwayne Johnson in the backdrop of the latest episode of the sci-fi franchise. even though they haven’t in reality.
The most recent Avatar film features many well-known actors. The Sopranos’ Edie Falco and The Rock’s fellow Moana voice actor Jemaine Clement play supporting roles, while Cameron’s former Titanic star Kate Winslet plays a key role. Johnson, however, did not physically manifest anywhere on Pandora’s computer-generated surface (or even beneath the water).
It seems that many are mistaking two other actors in the movie for Johnson. One is New Zealand actor Cliff Curtis, who portrays Tonowari, the chief of the seaside-dwelling Metkayina clan. While Curtis and Johnson both share Polynesian ethnicity — Curtis is of Maori descent, and Johnson has Samoan heritage —neither actor would likely be mistaken as the other in real life. However, the intense CGI necessary to make a human actor look like an alien Na’vi appears to have left some people unable to tell the two apart.
The Rock might potentially be mistaken for one of the antagonists in The Way of Water. The character is still substantially CGI’d, of course. The actor Matt Gerald, who plays Corporal Lyle Wainfleet, a member of Colonel Miles Quaritch’s recombinant strike squad in the movie, appears to have been mistaken by a smaller group of “observant” fans, despite the fact that some people aren’t noticing it. Again, Gerald isn’t really someone you’d mistake for the seemingly supernaturally swole Dwayne Johnson, but if you put some 3D glasses on him and a CGI suit on, you might. and he resembles The Rock somewhat? a tiny bit?
There’s no telling why folks are projecting The Rock onto planet pandora but there’s still plenty of time for James Cameron to make it a reality. There are still two more (at least!) Avatar sequels to go.
