Dwayne Johnson explains surprising weight loss for new movie transformation

Dwayne The Rock Johnson revealed the reason behind his latest slim down that left fans surprised Johnson explained that he's been losing weight for an upcoming film called Lizard Music He described his character the Chicken Man as a very whimsical and eccentric -something-year-old man called the Chicken Man And his best friend is a -something-year-old chicken and joked that in preparation for the role he's been eating less chicken I'm so excited because I get a chance to hopefully transform again like I was able to do in Smashing Machine ' he commented at a Toronto International Film Festival event on Sept per People Can't wait This is me slimmed down Johnson noted In the process of slimming down I still have a long approaches to go DWAYNE JOHNSON'S FEAR FUELED AN MMA-STYLE TRANSFORMATION FOR HIS MAJORITY OF CHALLENGING ROLE YETJohnson debuted his leaner look at the Venice Film Festival on Aug The actor's lean look was captured in video from the event Yep had to do a double take one X user commented He s so lean a fan commented The Rock slimming down and still owning every room legendary glow-up unlocked another chimed in LIKE WHAT YOU RE READING CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSBefore slimming down Johnson transformed into MMA fighter Mark Kerr for the sports drama The Smashing Machine In an interview with Vanity Fair Johnson explained that this was the first role in years that made him nervous It was very real I had not experienced that in a very very very long time where I was really scared and thinking I don t know if I can do this Can I do this He added I realized that maybe these opportunities weren t coming my way because I was too scared to explore this stuff CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERTo properly take on the role Johnson wore to prosthetics every day and would just disappear when he walked on set I just sat in front of that mirror for three to four hours and watched it all change There were about or different prosthetics Subtle yet I think very impactful By the time I got to set I was Mark Kerr and I felt it from how he walked to how he talked and how he looked at life he noted Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this record