Rosamund Pike Feared ‘Doom’ Movie Was Career-Ender: “It Was a Catastrophe”
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The 'Gone Girl’ star survived the 2005 video game adaptation, as did co-star Dwayne Johnson. But it got weird on set.
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Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike says her 2005 action role killing zombies on Mars in the video game adaptation Doom, where she starred opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, could have ended her acting career. “So when I was making Pride & Prejudice and I was having great fun in my cornfields in my bonnet, I get a call to be in an action franchise,” Pike told the How to Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast. It wasn’t A Minecraft Movie or Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , evidently, especially after her initial co-star, Ray Winstone, dropped out. Related Stories TV Netflix's 'Pride and Prejudice' Series Teaser Gives Us First Look at Emma Corrin and Jack Lowden as Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy Movies Angela Bassett Says Entertainment Industry Must Move "Beyond Symbolism Without Infrastructure" “So suddenly I’m in this film with the Rock, and I realize how utterly ill-equipped I am to be an action star,” Pike recounted of meeting Johnson, as nice as he was buff, on their first day on set. “There were people pepping him up, there were weights on the set. Every time a gun was brought out, it was a holy relic for the Doom fans. There was a whole routine before takes… I was just out of my comfort zone, out of my league, out of my depth, and the film was an absolute bomb,” she added. Pike even feared Doom would bring her Hollywood trajectory after a prized Bond girl role in 2002’s Die Another Day came to a screeching halt. “I mean I probably could have ended my career. It was just probably one of the worst films ever made. I mean, it was a catastrophe, I think. As I said, I don’t read the reviews, but you get the sense you’re lucky to have survived that one,” she insisted. Doom didn’t doom Pike’s career, or for The Rock, as both went on to stellar careers. But the a...
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