Long before joining successful franchises such as “Mission Impossible”or “Dune,” Rebecca Ferguson starred in “Hercules” alongside Dwayne Johnson. Despite being released 10 years ago, the movie is currently one of the most talked about movies on social media, after Ferguson’s story of a co-star who “screamed” at her.
However, it’s not Dwayne Johnson. The actor actually went to X to show some support to her co-star, writing: “Hate seeing this but love seeing her stand up to bullshit. Rebecca was my guardian angel sent from heaven on our set. I love that woman. I’d like to find out who did this.”
The film is based on Steve Moore’s graphic novel of the same name, and it follows Johnson as the self-proclaimed demigod and his band of mercenaries as they are hired to lead the Thracian army against a warlord. You can watch the movie for free in the US on Fubo, which offers a seven-day free trial.
‘Hercules’, an epic drama with Dwayne Johnson
Apart from Johnson and Ferguson, who plays Ergenia, the cast of the film consisted on some A-listers such as Ian McShane, Joseph Fiennes, Irina Shayk, Rufus Sewell, Aksel Hennie, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal and Peter Mullan.
Directed by Brett Ranner, ‘Hercules’ was a box office success, earning $244 million on a $100 million budget. But when it came to the critics, it received mixed reviews. However, most of the critics praised Johnson’s performance and the movie’s action sequences, while there was some criticism for the plot.
One of the positive reviews came from Scott Foundas, chief film critic for Variety, who wrote that the film was “a grandly staged, solidly entertaining, old-fashioned adventure movie that does something no other Hercules movie has quite done before: It cuts the mythical son of Zeus down to human size (or as human as you can get while still being played by Dwayne Johnson)”.
However, John DeFore of The Washington Post wrote that the film “simply fails to exploit its assets: an amusing, revisionist take on the mythological strongman, and the charisma of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.”
You can also watch the film on Prime Video and MGM+.
