Dwayne Johnson reveals he was passed over for leading role in ‘Jack Reacher’

nme.com:

Would The Rock have done a better job than Tom Cruise? Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has revealed that he was once passed over for the leading role in action thriller Jack Reacher.

Based on the book One Shot by Lee Child, the 2012 movie follows homicide investigator Jack Reacher as he digs deeper into a case involving a trained military sniper who shot five random victims.

Tom Cruise ended up getting the lead role. On Friday (April 10), Johnson took to Facebook to answer fan’s questions and he was asked whether he had ever lost out on a role to another actor. “In Hollywood, actors are kind of like in-a-box,” he answered. “There are actors that can vie for a particular role because it allows for them to have a certain look, skin colour, size,