Disney released the trailer for their live-action remake of Moana, and viewers got to see Dwayne Johnson reprise his role of Maui.
Johnson’s look as the demigod has divided fans of the animated film, and in a new interview, the actor and film director Thomas Kail explained the design behind Maui.
“We knew that it had to be something that could have real lift to it,” Kail told Entertainment Weekly about Johnson’s wig for the film. “Because you’re doing this on the water, ‘what does it look like wet?’ is a real conversation when you’re making Moana. That one weighs seven pounds more with all the water in it for all those hours a day.”
Johnson said that the “challenge” he didn’t anticipate in bringing Maui to life was “the prosthetics and the hair and then the body,” adding, “That is an additional 40 pounds on you.”
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