After receiving a complaint from Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a French museum is scrambling to fix a wax replica of him.
The Rock was born in California to a Samoan mother and a black Nova Scotian father.
The model’s skin tone was one of the largest, with people accusing the designer of “whitewashing” the star, who is of two different ancestries.
Managers of the museum swore to “rework” it after The Rock joined the fray.
Update my wax figure with some crucial details, starting with my skin tone,” he pleaded.
The waxwork would be updated “all night,” according to museum director Yves Delhommeau, who told the AFP news agency, to meet “fans’ expectations.”
The waxwork would be updated “all night,” according to museum director Yves Delhommeau, who told the AFP news agency, to meet “fans’ expectations.”
The Rock would visit the museum “later to see if there are other modifications that need to be made,” according to Mr. Delhommeau.
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According to a press release, the “painstaking” labour involved three different iterations of the model’s eyes.