The Rock Gives Heartfelt Salute to Stan Lee

Dwayne Johnsonshares an excited salute to comical book legendStan Leeon societal media . The former wrestler burst onto the scene with the 2001 moving picture , The Mummy Returns , which kickstarted his playacting vocation . Needless to say , The Rock ’s career in Hollywood has use up off since then , with him eventuallybeating Robert Downey Jr. to become the highest - ante up doer in 2016 , thanks to movies such asMoanaandCentral Intelligence , as well as his on-going HBO seriesBallers .

Johnson has sight of project on his dental plate at the minute - including aBig Trouble in Little Chinaremake , Disney’sJungle Cruiseadaptation , and the upcomingFast & Furiousspinoff moving picture star him and Jason Statham- with Jake Kasdan’sJumanjisequel / reboot , Jumanji : Welcome to the Jungle , being the current hot subject . The actor was on - deck at Stan Lee ’s Los Angeles Comic - Con this past weekend promoting the upcomingJumanjifilm , and afterwards , he assemble in private with Lee and thanked the former Marvel Comics editor program for helping guide him throughout his career .

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A photo was have of Johnson and Lee - famously known for shepherding Marvel Comics during its early year and for co - creating iconic characters such as Iron Man , Spider - Man , and the Fantastic Four , among innumerous others - during their meeting at LACC 2017 , and the actor has since post it onInstagram . What ’s more , Johnson give thanks Lee for welcoming him with overt arms when he first make it in Hollywood all those years ago , saying that he has taken the mirthful book legend ’s advice for being imaginative and having lots of playfulness . Take a look :

This homo . This caption . When I first break into Hollywood 17yrs ago , Stan Lee ( iconic co creator of Spider Man , Iron Man , Thor , Hulk , X - Men , Fantastic Four , Dr Strange etc ) welcomed me with open arms . Always offering sage advice to help build up my career . Be imaginative , set no limits .. have fun , he tell . Years had gone by , but at Stan ’s # LAComicCon I had the chance to hug him again and say thank you . I was also truly move yesterday by his Christian Bible regarding the career I ’ve been fortunate enough to build . Much more to accomplish . sunshine my ally to imagination , no boundary and fun . Next time tequila ’s on me ! Your Black Adam ⚡ ️ ? ( @hhgarcia41 ? ) A berth shared by therock ( @therock ) onOct 29 , 2017 at 4:06pm PDT

Although Stan Lee has long retired from the comic book industriousness , that does n’t stand for he ’s not involved with Hollywood in at least some capability . While he does n’t have as many project as Johnson does , Lee still find time to make his fan - favorite cameo in Marvel Studios ' picture show -and he will continue doing so for as long as he can . Plus , he still has LACC to run every year .

What ’s interesting about Johnson ’s legend , though , is that he closes out his caption with " Your Black Adam . " For those that do n’t know , Teth Adam , aka Black Adam , is one of DC Comics ' supervillains ( not Marvel Comics ) , and he ’s one of Shazam ’s ( formerly known as Captain Marvel ) archenemies . Johnson has been attached to the role of Black Adam since 2014 , and the histrion will be receiving his own moving picture set within Warner Bros. DC cinematic world ( unofficially have intercourse as the DCEU ) before eventually going toe - to - toewith Zachary Levi ’s Shazam- but it ’s ill-defined when that ultimate face-off will happen .