Another macho man has made the obligatory leap into the kiddie pool. This time it's Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who has gone and starred opposite a child in this weekend's new release The Game Plan. Could it damage his potential for further tough guy roles? Does he care? He's already signed on to another kid friendly part in Witch Mountain, so perhaps he's no longer worried about audiences accepting him as a muscle man with attitude.

The Rock, like Vin Diesel before him, may have jumped the gun on doing a Disney family film before securing an iconic place next to Schwarzenegger, Stallone and other action hero types. His movie may therefore lack that necessary extreme between the character we associate with The Rock and the character he must take on for the movie -- like the type of contrast that made Kindergarten Cop so funny.

But there are worse things he could do. Other action stars and macho actors have made some pretty terrible mistakes that had nothing to do with working with kids, and many of these mistakes were career altering. Let's just hope Dwayne Johnson never has to suffer such ideas as these:


1. Junior (1994, Ivan Reitman)

For a macho guy, finding out you have a kid is domesticating, but finding out you're pregnant is emasculating. Nothing says an action hero has gone soft like giving him a bun in the oven, and it's no wonder that Arnold Schwarzenegger had difficulty maintaining his image in action movies for the next decade -- until Terminator 3. I'm certain that if The Rock tried doing a movie in which he's with child rather than with a child, he'd cause far more problems for his career. At least Schwarzenegger had just a few months earlier released True Lies, and fans likely held onto the hope he would be back on top one day.

It's been 15 years since Dolph Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme starred together as re-animated soldiers in Universal Soldier, and their spotlight started to fade. Since then, well... Van Damme has been busy with drugs, strippers and imagining himself roles in pointless sequels. As for Dolph, he's still making low-budget films and farting around with Grace Jones while winning his battle against fame. But now he wants all of his old glory back.

According to andPOP, the Rocky IV star told Empire Magazine that he's itching to unite with Van Damme and Chuck Norris on-screen. Undeterred by age, Lundgren believes that the trio can overcome some creaking bones and scheduling issues to pull it off: "...it would be great to make a movie with the 80s action rat pack.....there are issues with schedules and age and so on, but maybe I'll be the one to make it happen." Or, maybe he's wondering if the two floundering powerhouses of the 80s (Van Damme and himself), can latch onto Norris' continuing fame? And don't leave Steven Seagal out in the cold. He hates what his cinematic life has become!

"I was talking to Chuck Norris' people about doing something with him, maybe an action comedy?" Sure, Drago. Now that Norris has been a long-standing Texas Ranger, saved the Dodgeball day and gotten his own facts website -- what flailing action star wouldn't be jealous? Dolph, just because Norris got his own song, doesn't mean you will too. However, I'm willing to look past your scheme and delight in a trip back to the 80s. Or rather, an action version of The Crew.

[via Moviehole]