Dwayne Johnson has finally revealed the real cause behind losing weight.
The WWE Star’s fans were shocked to watch his “slimmed” physics after he stepped out to the world premiere of his new movie Smashing machine During the Venice Film Festival earlier this month.
Now, during a recent Q&A session on the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival’s “In conversation with the …” series, Johnson revealed that he “joins” with Smashing machineDirector, Benny Safdie, for an upcoming project, and he sheds weight for it.
“We make a movie called Lizard Music, which is based on a novel written by Daniel Pinkwater,” he revealed.
Sharing insight into the character he shared, “(Johnson’s role) is a very quirky and eccentric 70-year-old man called The Chicken Man. And his best friend is a 70-year-old-year-old chicken.”
Seam Jumanji Actor bulked up to manufacture former MMA fighter and UFC tongue weight Master Mark Kerr, in Smashing Machine, now joined Johnson that he is eating “less chicken” to shed weight for the new role.
“This is slim down to me,” he revealed. “In the process of slimming down. I still have a long way to go on.”
“I’m so excited because I get a chance to hopefully transform again as I was able to do in smashing machine. Can’t wait,” added Rock.



