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</div>The screenwriter for the upcoming Gears of War film, Chris Morgan, wants Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play the role of Marcus Fenix. While writing the script Morgan thought long and hard about who would best be able to play the "big tough guy who can play it stoic the whole time."
Alright Gears fans, is Dwayne Johnson a good choice to play Marcus Fenix? If not, just who would make for a good Marcus Fenix?
</div>The screenwriter for the upcoming Gears of War film, Chris Morgan, wants Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson to play the role of Marcus Fenix. While writing the script Morgan thought long and hard about who would best be able to play the "big tough guy who can play it stoic the whole time."
The short answer, Morgan says, is finding “a really f’ing good actor to pull off being a silent tough guy and put some humanity into it.” So who does Morgan think could possibly ride that fine line between dangerous brute and emotional introvert?
“The Rock is awesome,” Morgan said of wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson. “There’s a genuine actor. Not only can he play the tough guy, but he can also play the nuanced, sensitive funny sad moments as well. But finding that guy is incredibly difficult.”
While Johnson could easily embody the larger-than-life physique of Marcus Fenix, Morgan maintains that the size of the actor is less important than his dramatic chops.
“I don’t think they’re looking so much for size, but a guy you believe can throw a punch, and a guy you believe is stoic, locked in his own head, and [can] show emotion without telegraphing it,” said Morgan. “If you just play the big tough guy, it comes off as one-note and cardboard and not a believable character. So an actor has to find little things and put emotion into them that works in a more subtle way than just being stoic.”
“The Rock is awesome,” Morgan said of wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson. “There’s a genuine actor. Not only can he play the tough guy, but he can also play the nuanced, sensitive funny sad moments as well. But finding that guy is incredibly difficult.”
While Johnson could easily embody the larger-than-life physique of Marcus Fenix, Morgan maintains that the size of the actor is less important than his dramatic chops.
“I don’t think they’re looking so much for size, but a guy you believe can throw a punch, and a guy you believe is stoic, locked in his own head, and [can] show emotion without telegraphing it,” said Morgan. “If you just play the big tough guy, it comes off as one-note and cardboard and not a believable character. So an actor has to find little things and put emotion into them that works in a more subtle way than just being stoic.”
Alright Gears fans, is Dwayne Johnson a good choice to play Marcus Fenix? If not, just who would make for a good Marcus Fenix?