<p class="title">Dwayne Johnson has revealed that after reaching the heights of fame as WWE wrestler "The Rock", he was asked to drop the nickname.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Entertainment Weekly, Johnson made the revelations on Jamie Foxx's digital series "Off Script".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 46-year-old actor said that he was pressurized to drop his wrestling persona to further his acting career.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was told at that time, 'Listen, you can't talk about wrestling. You can't go by 'The Rock'. You can't be as big,'" Johnson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson said he did not like the forced personality change and "was tired of trying to be something I wasn't".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson's attachment to his fans also motivated him to reinstate the name.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the most important relationship I have," the "San Andreas" star said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So finally I reached a point where I said, 'Alright, two things have to happen: I'm gonna surround myself with a different group of people, different management, and then I'm gonna make sure that I just gotta be me. If you wanna call me 'Rock', you call me 'Rock'," he added.</p>
<p class="title">Dwayne Johnson has revealed that after reaching the heights of fame as WWE wrestler "The Rock", he was asked to drop the nickname.</p>.<p class="bodytext">According to Entertainment Weekly, Johnson made the revelations on Jamie Foxx's digital series "Off Script".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 46-year-old actor said that he was pressurized to drop his wrestling persona to further his acting career.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was told at that time, 'Listen, you can't talk about wrestling. You can't go by 'The Rock'. You can't be as big,'" Johnson said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson said he did not like the forced personality change and "was tired of trying to be something I wasn't".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Johnson's attachment to his fans also motivated him to reinstate the name.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It's the most important relationship I have," the "San Andreas" star said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"So finally I reached a point where I said, 'Alright, two things have to happen: I'm gonna surround myself with a different group of people, different management, and then I'm gonna make sure that I just gotta be me. If you wanna call me 'Rock', you call me 'Rock'," he added.</p>