SUBMITTED BY Toad

June 21, 2001 —

The Rock, who Co-Starred as The Scorpion King in "The Mummy Returns" this Summer, has been in talks to play Duke Nukem and just recently talked about it a bit in Movieline Magazine Here's what the Actor had to say about playing the part...

”…They want to make that [Duke Nukem] a huge franchise, and from what I hear they want me. That’s fantastic. They’d have us collaborate on the script, and they’d put a lot of money into turning it into a franchise. I’m interested. The physicality I can handle, but I also want realism, like in The Scorpion King…”

More news on The Rock as Nukem as it arises!