"Anyone who might have dismissed The Rock as simply a bald, grizzled, muscled-up fight sport veteran is going to have to eat their words. It turns out The Rock is actually a really good actor. There is talk of a previously unseen ability to inhabit a character, to subsume his entire identity within a role. The role, in this case, of a bald, grizzled, muscled-up fight sport veteran."
"Not that there's anything wrong with this. It's good casting. It makes sense, like asking the real-life Smashing Machine guy to play someone called The Destruction Appliance, or signing up Daniel Day-Lewis for a portrayal of glowering method actor icon Derek Cheese-Omelette. Horses for courses. Roles that replicate roles. It also leads on to the obvious question. What do you actually know about Florian Wirtz?"
"There are the obvious football things. Wirtz has played eight regular-season games for Liverpool and looked in snatches light, twirly, fun, nimble, high-technique. He is also yet to register a goal or an assist, or perform as he can, although he will hope to break that run at Chelsea on Saturday evening. The view is that Wirtz needs to adapt, speed up and intensify his game, get used to having fewer touches."
The Smashing Machine receives a positive appraisal and reveals Dwayne Johnson as a strong, versatile actor capable of fully inhabiting a role. He convincingly plays a bald, grizzled, muscled-up fight sport veteran, prompting imaginative casting suggestions and comparisons with actors chosen for similar role-aligned performances. Florian Wirtz has featured in eight regular-season appearances for Liverpool, showing light, twirly, nimble, high-technical flashes while remaining without a goal or assist. Observers advise Wirtz to adapt, speed up, intensify his game and become comfortable with fewer touches. Personal details include nine siblings and a father who coached a village club in a snowy, gingerbread-like town.
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