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Dwayne Johnson’s new wax figure is ‘missing melanin.’ He’s taking matters into his own sun-kissed hands

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October 24, 2023
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The Rock or Mr. Clean? That’s what a newly revealed wax figure at the Grévin Museum in Paris has fans of Dwayne Johnson pondering.

When the Grévin unveiled its latest wax star last week, netizens quickly began roasting the figure, which seemingly lacked Johnson’s skin tone. In the comments, Instagram users noticed that The Rock statue was “missing melanin” and overlooked his mixed Black and Samoan heritage.

Comedian James Jefferson joked that Johnson look like he’s “about to be part of the royal family,” and took shots at the team behind the wax figure. “I don’t want you on Sims building a character. No arts and crafts,” he said in a video posted Saturday.

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He added: “It don’t look like him no more.”

The actor-entrepreneur re-shared Jefferson’s clip on Instagram, admitting that he “legit belly laughed” at “The Circle” comedian’s jokes. Then he told fans that he’s taking matters into his own large, brown hands.

“I’m going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grevin Museum, in Paris France 🇫🇷 so we can work at ‘updating’ my wax figure here with some important details and improvements- starting with my skin color 🤣✊🏾💪🏾,” the “Black Adam” star wrote Sunday.

A representative for the Grévin did not immediately respond Monday to The Times’ request for comment.

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Paris’s Grévin Museum announced its Rock wax figure earlier this month. Leading up to the grand reveal, the museum gave followers a glimpse of what went into its latest display — including Johnson’s signature tattoos.

In a video, the museum said it took artists 10 days to re-create the details of Johnson’s intricate body art. The video’s caption reads: “So much research was necessary to match The Rock’s [tattoos] perfectly!” It seems as if something else should have gotten the same amount of research.

Johnson is the latest celebrity to get a wonky wax figure of themselves. Last year, Madame Tussauds caught heat for its Zendaya wax figure, which had fans thinking it was anyone else but the “Euphoria” star. In 2017, Tussauds botched its Beyoncé figure only to reveal a better one in 2019 after outcry.

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In recent years Rihanna and Nicki Minaj have had wax figures made in their likeness — for better or worse. “Black Panther” star Angela Bassett and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker are also among the lucky handful to have scarily accurate lifelike figures of their own.

Times staff writer Nardine Saad contributed to this report.

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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.



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