Addressing 'L'affaire Dwayne Johnson,' a French wax museum says it's in the process of fixing the actor's statue after complaints about the skin tone being too light.
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Delhommeau also explained that the painting and construction of these wax figures, particularly their skin tones, is quite complicated. When using photos of Johnson as a model to paint the figure, he said, each image, depending on its lighting, was very different. But the museum is continuing to refine the figure and its process.
Johnson had weighed in on the controversy over the waxwork Monday, after some observers accused the museum of whitewashing. "For the record, I'm going to have my team reach out to our friends at Grévin Museum, in Paris France so we can work at 'updating' my wax figure here with some important details and improvements- starting with my skin color,"Dwayne Johnson and his wax replica at the Musée Grévin in Paris.
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