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The Rock waxwork museum working on 'urgent' skin tone fix

Feb 16,2020 10:10 am

By Manish PandeyBBC Newsbeat

A French museum is working urgently to fix a waxwork of Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson after he complained about it.

The Grevin Museum In Paris proudly revealed the life-sized figure of the wrestler-turned-actor earlier this month and got a wave of criticism back.

One of the biggest was over the model's skin tone, with fans accusing The Creator of " whitewashing" The Star , who has dual heritage.

After The Rock joined the pile-on, museum bosses vowed to " rework" it.

He on them to " update my wax figure with some important details, starting with my skin colour".

Museum Director Yves Delhommeau told the AFP news agency his staff planned to work " all night" to bring the waxwork In Line with " fans' expectations".

He also blamed the model's skin tone on a " lighting issue" and said it would be addressed.

Mr Delhommeau said The Rock would visit The Museum " later on to see if there are other modifications that need to be made".

The Museum unveiled the wax figure In Paris on 16 October and said artist Stéphane Barret had to rely on photos and videos to create The Sculpture .

, it said the " painstaking" work included redoing the model's eyes Three Times .

The Rock was born in California to a black Nova Scotian father and Samoan mother.

His dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of The First black Tag Team to win a Wwe Championship .

BBC Newsbeat has contacted the Grevin Museum for further comment but not heard back.

The Rock 's representatives have also been contacted for comment.

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