{"id":45571,"date":"2023-01-06T18:42:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/dwayne-johnson-talks-desire-to-succeed-guts-to-fail-while-hitting-back-at-dc-rejection-piece\/"},"modified":"2023-01-06T18:42:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-06T18:42:12","slug":"dwayne-johnson-talks-desire-to-succeed-guts-to-fail-while-hitting-back-at-dc-rejection-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/06\/dwayne-johnson-talks-desire-to-succeed-guts-to-fail-while-hitting-back-at-dc-rejection-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne Johnson Talks &#8220;Desire To Succeed, &#038; Guts To Fail&#8221; While Hitting Back At DC Rejection Piece"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main \"\/>\n<p>Earlier this week, a bit in <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2023\/film\/news\/dwayne-johnson-dc-exit-black-adam-superman-failed-plan-1235478867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a> had some insider information about\u00a0<strong>Dwayne Johnson<\/strong>\u2018s rejected plans for the future of the\u00a0<strong>DCU<\/strong>. Not long after the\u00a0<strong>Warner Bros. Discovery<\/strong>\u00a0merger in April, Johnson pitched a multiyear plan to new CEO\u00a0<strong>David Zaslav<\/strong>\u00a0directly that would lead to a showdown between Black Adam and\u00a0<strong>Henry Cavill<\/strong>\u2018s Superman. Johnson\u2019s transfer reportedly ruffled feathers internally. As one supply places it, \u201cDwayne went around everyone, which didn\u2019t sit well.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/wbs-toby-emmerich-wanted-to-replace-henry-cavill-as-superman-in-2018-more-from-dwayne-johnsons-black-adam-bust-20230104\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">READ MORE: WB\u2019s Tony Emmerich Wanted To Replace Henry Cavill As Superman In 2018, &amp; More From Dwayne Johnson\u2019s \u2018Black Adam\u2019 Bust<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<strong>DC<\/strong>\u00a0followers understand how Johnson\u2019s pitch performed out at this level: Cavill returned for a quick cameo as Superman in \u201c<strong>Black Adam,<\/strong>\u201d and that\u2019s it. Weeks after that movie\u2019s premiere (and its lackluster reception), Zaslav employed\u00a0<strong>James Gunn<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Peter Safran\u00a0<\/strong>as the brand new co-heads of\u00a0<strong>DC Studios\u00a0<\/strong>to chart a brand new route ahead. So, no, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplaylist.net\/black-adam-2-not-moving-forward-as-the-dc-hierarchy-of-power-doesnt-change-20221220\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black Adam Vs. Superman<\/a> is not going to be the DCU\u2019s important storyline shifting ahead, and Johnson\u2019s days with DC Studios are seemingly over.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So how does Johnson really feel about all this? Fans seemingly have a solution for that now, as <a href=\"https:\/\/thedirect.com\/article\/dwayne-johnson-dc-superhero-debacle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Direct<\/a> stories that the actor took to Twitter yesterday to share a 90-second video that hints concerning the fallout between him and Warner Bros. Discovery over the DC Universe\u2019s future. Throughout the video, Johnson spoke about \u201chaving the guts to fail\u201d and the way that \u201cties into this whole thing\u201d (ostensibly a reference to his rejected plans for Black Adam). As Johnson continued, he claimed having the heart to fail is extra necessary than the need to turn into profitable and well-known and that he\u2019s glad that he nonetheless has that high quality at his age. \u201cGuts over desire,\u201d Johnson repeated on the finish of the video. Read a full transcription of the video beneath:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cA thought I wanted to share with you guys. There\u2019s a good friend of mine named Inky Johnson, you guys should follow him. He\u2019s always got great perspective, grounding perspective. He keeps it raw. He keeps it real. He said something that was really profound that I feel ties into this whole thing: \u2026 he talked about having the guts to fail. And the reason why I bring that back around to you guys is having the guts to fail compared to having the desire to be famous, having the desire to succeed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBut I have found in life, that the desire to become famous, the desire to succeed will never be as powerful as having the guts to fail. And I love that, because I look back at my own life, and around every corner, and still today\u2013 Look, I\u2019m a Tyrannosaurus Rex, I\u2019m 58,000 years old, but I still have that. And that\u2019s my lead foot. I\u2019m just having the guts to fail, around every corner. And that leads my decisions. That allows me to take big swings. Get my ass kicked on some of them. Fail at some of them. But then, also succeed at some of them. So, I will always take guts over desire. Have a great week and let\u2019s get after it. This is our year. 2023. Guts over desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But is this case actually a matter of guts over want, or that Dwayne Johnson has an enormous ego that he thought might overpower Warner Bros. execs over the DCU\u2019s future? Johnson nonetheless seems oblivious to the truth that most moviegoers didn\u2019t take to \u201cBlack Adam,\u201d and that extra of his rendition of the antihero in all probability isn\u2019t what DCU followers need. Combine that with tales that Johnson wasn\u2019t the simpler star to work with on the \u201cBlack Adam\u201d set, and it seems like this complete scenario is an ego verify Johnson doesn\u2019t need to face. So is that this the tip of DC Studios\u2019 relationship with Johnson? That stays unclear, and Johnson remains to be one of many largest film stars on the planet. But the actor\u2019s Twitter video yesterday hints that he could also be performed with the DCU in any case.<\/p>\n<p>Up forward, Johnson stars in \u201c<strong>Red One<\/strong>,\u201d an action-adventure Christmas movie for\u00a0<strong>Amazon Prime Video<\/strong>\u00a0set to hit the streamer this coming vacation season.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){var js, fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if(d.getElementById(id)) return; js=d.createElement(s); js.id=id; js.src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.0\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Earlier this week, a bit in Variety had some insider information about\u00a0Dwayne Johnson\u2018s rejected plans for the future of the\u00a0DCU. Not long after the\u00a0Warner Bros. Discovery\u00a0merger in April, Johnson pitched a multiyear plan to new CEO\u00a0David Zaslav\u00a0directly that would lead to a showdown between Black Adam and\u00a0Henry Cavill\u2018s Superman. 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