The Rock Addressed The Henry Cavill Superman Fiasco On The Oscars Red Carpet

The Rock had a plan. He wanted his DC film Black Adam to launch a new corner of the DCU,

[{"selector":"#anim-ed7d1c7a-57bb-42fd-9df1-345b828e373b","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-81023efe-2c9d-4a53-80fa-6afff066dbff","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

one that eventually would lead to a battle between his God-like warrior and Henry Cavill’s Superman.

[{"selector":"#anim-9ca382dc-9dcb-4a8c-8fca-c83746834519","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b731fd72-5cfc-4ca5-822a-8e9fa0e35616","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

To accomplish this, Dwayne Johnson and his team at Seven Bucks Productions worked hard to get Cavill into Black Adam

[{"selector":"#anim-40c65f7b-573c-4c10-9c37-3f3a35bb92a1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-b2f9fbc3-6d3f-4136-bf0e-4ab6f910bec8","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

in a post-credits sequence. Only, plans changed. James Gunn and Peter Safran took over for the previous DC regime at Warner Bros

[{"selector":"#anim-28fe078f-8516-4bfb-a3eb-0faf1113f20c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-affe9331-36d6-4aed-adbf-956d9ac4255b","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

and then decided that he wanted to recast Superman for the upcoming DC film Superman: Legacy.

[{"selector":"#anim-0aa7ef11-7301-4124-84e4-befb129509c0","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-23260c07-9bd1-4117-b7dd-e7c186d24271","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

That left Cavill out in the cold, and The Rock was asked about it on the champagne

[{"selector":"#anim-843a3570-12e3-4c23-87c2-9ee811c99a18","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-35224fdb-4411-4ddd-9cba-6e4fb074ad62","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

carpet at the Academy Awards on Sunday. Here is what he had to say:

[{"selector":"#anim-184e54b9-bbc1-4810-b760-9d3e827df285","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-dcf46276-856d-4d6d-8e86-4d215603e3ba","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

As Dwayne Johnson says when asked by Variety (via Brandon Davis at ComicBook) about what happened with Henry Cavill,

[{"selector":"#anim-4c788a1d-baf6-4307-9399-5eb54e0fa795","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1f404daf-c837-4bb0-84b6-ab9b427dc83f","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

the only thing that he and his team were able to control was Black Adam, making the best movie possible

[{"selector":"#anim-300a6231-a055-4831-93d0-72f6f1242e00","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-c3e0c641-f78e-4bb9-9a9f-5ed49ddc47c5","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]

and hopefully setting up a storyline that fans wanted to follow.

[{"selector":"#anim-769c9597-98f3-452c-8909-4bc4549f104f","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-496c8859-2d9a-4487-8f87-a659e61cc9a7","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(0px, 164.23005%, 0)","translate3d(0px, 0px, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.2, 0.6, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}]