Rock Knocks Back Conan

As Empire Online reported late last year, it's been an open secret in Hollywood that Arnold Schwarzenegger wanted The Rock to play his son in the upcoming Conan movie King Conan. Handily, we had the chance to set that story to rest first-hand when we bumped into The Rock in London this week, as you do. 'I can honestly say that [King Conan] is not going to happen.' The Rock told us. 'We did close a deal with Universal for Helldorado, an action comedy with Seann William Scott. We'll be filming that in a couple of months, but no King Conan. There'll be someone else who can play [Arnie's] son, but not me.' The Rock was on fine form, joking about how well The Scorpion King had performed at the US box office, and revealing a little about how he'd made better career choices than another WWF stars we could mention. 'I always joke with Hulk Hogan - what were you thinking... Mr Nanny?!' he said. 'Oddly enough there was a script circulating for Surburban Commando 2 and my agent wanted me to read it, but I said to him 'that's not for me.' 'Luckily it was between Surburban Commando and Scorpion King,' he joked, 'and I picked Scorpion King. Good choice!'