Fans of the old G.I. Joe cartoon series remember Shipwreck the Navy man as a nasal-voiced pasty-skinned wiseacre with a parrot and an actual sailor hat They always went by their codenames on that show, which means very few will remember that the character's actual name was Hector X. Delgado.
Thus, an interesting rumor about the G.I. Joe movie has arisen in which Dwayne Johnson, lovingly referred to as The Rock, may be playing the salty seadog Shipwreck. Apparently Brendan Fraser has already shot a one-scene cameo as Gung Ho, a character who was always voiced as a macho bulldog but who... well, wore a vest with no shirt, a handlebar mustache and a big poofy hat. It'll be interesting to see what Fraser does with him.
The Rock would be a great addition to G.I. Joe - and you can see they seem on the right track so far with the first images released of fan-favorite secret ninja guy Snake-Eyes. He'd likely also be a cameo, but with a movie with a cast this potentially huge and with this much sequel-bait, cameos can always bloom into something more.
