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Dwayne Johnson Told His Agents After ‘Scorpion King’ That ‘I Could Be Bigger’ Than Will Smith or George Clooney; They Doubted Him, So He Got New Agents


Dwayne Johnson told his agents after "Scorpion King" that he wanted to be bigger than Will Smith and George Clooney.

And he went to his agents and said, despite whatever recent setbacks he’d experienced, he had an idea, or simply an ambition: He wanted to have the career of George Clooney or Will Smith. His total box office earnings are well above the $4.5 billion mark, which means he was quite successful in his mission to be as famous as Clooney and Smith. Johnson’s mindset let him to a big and broad Hollywood career with huge hits like “Moana,” the “Fast & Furious” franchise, “Jumanji” and more.

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