“Young Rock” stars Dwayne Johnson as himself as he runs for president in 2032 with weekly flashbacks to one of three periods of his life: when he was 10, 15 and a college student at the University of Miami. To say that casting three young versions of the man who would grow up to be The Rock was a huge endeavor would be an understatement.
“It was a big, big search because you’re matching the real person. So what we did is we were given some reference photos just to see what he looked like at age 10, age 15 and then his college years,” casting director Michael V. Nicolo tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: TV Casting Directors panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And then we started the search everywhere, all over the world.”
They eventually cast three actors who did, in fact, come from around the globe. Adrian Groulx,...
“It was a big, big search because you’re matching the real person. So what we did is we were given some reference photos just to see what he looked like at age 10, age 15 and then his college years,” casting director Michael V. Nicolo tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: TV Casting Directors panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “And then we started the search everywhere, all over the world.”
They eventually cast three actors who did, in fact, come from around the globe. Adrian Groulx,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
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