11 Perfectly Obvious Casting Choices Hollywood Is Ignoring

3. The Rock As Black Adam

Black Adam Rock Black Adam is the original champion of the Wizard Shazam; Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a 10-time Pro-Wrestling Heavyweight Champion. Black Adam turned against the people he swore to protect, and as a heel the Rock has attacked the fans plenty of times in the squared circle - for instance during his time as the "Hollywood" Rock a few years back. The Rock has been attached to an unknown DC Comics character for a movie, and while most speculation is pointing towards the Green Lantern John Stewart, it would be so much cooler for him to play Black Adam. For one, as jacked as the former Marine Stewart is, he's not in Black Adam or Rock territory. He's got that impossible super hero musculature for sure, but the Rock is more of a powerhouse and that profile lends itself far more fittingly to Adam. Eve beyond that, perhaps, the most important feature to look at here is eyebrows: The Rock has his trademark raised eyebrow and Black Adam has the most angled eyebrows in the DCU. Casting like this would have fan boys shouting "Shazam" and the simple brilliance of what Black Adam is cookin'.
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Brandon grew from the awkwardness of his youth into the awkwardness of his adulthood. He is the author of the Eat Your Serial Press title "Ten Years Gone: Pomp and Circumstance" and is a contributor on Maglomaniac, Polite on Society, and What Culture.