Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s Weight Loss Journey Revealed in Photos

While working indoors Red, Johnson continued to impress fans with his well-built figure.

But in an interview with Entertainment weeklyhe spoke candidly about shaking off Hollywood pressure to slim down if he wanted to land a major role.

“If you want to be a leading man, you’re too big; you can’t go to the gym, you have to lose weight, you have to diet,” he shared the advice he received before reaching the pinnacle of his acting career.

“And when you don’t know any better, you believe in it, so that’s when I started questioning myself,” he admitted. “I think some of those films from the time I was making reflect that. And then there came a point where I said, ‘Excuse my language, but f— that, I’m not doing this anymore, I’m going to do it myself. And if I fail, then I can fail to be myself.'”

Johnson, one of the highest-paid film actors, revealed he became “acutely aware of the power of being authentic and real.”