In retrospect, as atrocious as Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's CGI Scorpion King looked in the Brendan Fraser-led "The Mummy Returns," no one could ever convince my 12-year-old self that it wasn't the coolest thing I saw in the cinema back in 2001. Although I had little idea of who he was at the time (the WWE wasn't the most popular thing in Eastern Europe), his ripped upper body and masculine face, combined with the enormous claws, legs, and stinger of a scorpion, struck me as the most badass thing in that popular, if heavily criticized, sequel. It turns out, we can thank (at least partially) Brendan Fraser for letting that happen.

In a recent episode of the New Heights podcast (hosted by brothers Jason and Travis Kelce), Johnson was asked about his "Welcome to Hollywood Moment," and he

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