Johnson kept his many Twitter followers updated on the film's progress throughout production, but now we have some official photos of the actor in character (via USA Today), ahead of the official trailer launch this week.Īs you can see below, The Rock got especially ripped for this role - which is saying something for the ex-wrestler - in addition to having endured a daily hours-long makeup process during shooting, which included having a beard made of actual yak hair (yep) attached to his face - so that Johnson might bear a stronger physical resemblance to the character as depicted in Moore and Wijaya's source material. The upcoming Hercules is based on the Hercules: The Thracian Wars comic books - by Steve Moore and Admira Wijaya - and features Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson as an older (and disillusioned) version of the eponymous mythological figure, who has completed his arduous 12 Labors only to have settled into a jaded existence as a mercenary for hire.
