{"id":17761,"date":"2023-10-25T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/the-rock-waxwork-retouched-after-skin-tone-complaints\/"},"modified":"2023-10-25T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T09:00:13","slug":"the-rock-waxwork-retouched-after-skin-tone-complaints","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/the-rock-waxwork-retouched-after-skin-tone-complaints\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Rock’ waxwork retouched after skin tone complaints"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A famed Paris museum said it would on Wednesday reinstall a waxwork of Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson with a more true-to-life look after it was taken off public show for additional work when the US actor complained about its pale skin tone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Johnson, who is of Samoan and black origin, took to Instagram this weekend to joke about the Grevin Museum\u2019s wax figure, which appeared to depict him with white skin and bears only a vague likeness to his features.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe removed the waxwork (from the show) on Monday evening. Our craftspeople worked on his complexion through the night and day,\u201d the museum\u2019s director Yves Delhommeau told\u00a0AFP<\/em>. \u201cDwayne Johnson promised us\u2026 to stop by the museum during his next trip to Paris. Let\u2019s have a good glass of wine together! We can make changes he might still want.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cWe worked for more than a year on the character of Dwayne Johnson, in particular, to reproduce his very complicated tattoos. We used photos because Dwayne could not travel to Paris to finalise his waxwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dressed in a short-sleeved polo shirt and navy blue pants, the actor has Leonardo DiCaprio, George Clooney and even Meryl Streep as neighbours in the museum.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the record, I\u2019m going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum, in Paris, France, so we can work at \u2018updating\u2019 my wax figure here with some important details and improvements \u2013 starting with my skin colour,\u201d wrote Johnson, best known by his stage name The Rock.<\/p>\n

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The figure of Johnson was unveiled on social media last week by the Grevin Museum, which draws nearly 800,000 visitors a year and is the Paris equivalent of the famed London waxwork tourist magnet Madame Tussauds. But a photo intended to promote the new statue drew an outcry from Johnson\u2019s fans, ranging from bemusement to anger.<\/p>\n

Comedian James Andre Jefferson Jr. released an online video mocking the statue, prompting Johnson to respond. Jefferson said in the video that The Rock was being made to look like former England soccer star David Beckham or \u2018part of the Royal Family\u2019. \u201cI\u2019m low-key offended,\u201d said Jefferson.<\/p>\n

In 2018, the museum drew similar mockery for an unflattering figure of French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n

Producing a Grevin sculpture takes six months and costs 50,000 to 60,000 euros ($60-70,000).<\/p>\n

Deepika Padukone relates herself to Dwayne Johnson<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n