The Rock Is the Poster Boy for Hollywood's Steroids Obsession
It's easier to market actors who look like superheroes.
The Rock is ridiculously muscular for a near-50-year-old.
Born into this world as Dwayne Johnson, The Rock has evolved from pro wrestler into Hollywood's biggest male star. According to Forbes, The Rock was the world's highest-paid actor in 2020.
Hollywood has a history of casting very muscular men in lead roles. If we look back at the 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone are two notable examples.
This trend has become even more prominent over the past ten years, as superhero films have taken over Hollywood. According to this random list, there have been more than 50 superhero films in the past decade.
Apparently, the average movie consumer wants superheroes. If nobody was watching these movies, the cinema would be so saturated with superheroes.
Given there are so many of these movies, pretty normal-looking actors are cast into movie roles requiring someone not so average looking.
That’s when Hollywood's dirty little secret comes in — actors using steroids to transform their physiques for movie roles.
