Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has been all over the media, and not only in the usual celebrity gossip magazines reporting on his love life, new shoe release, and wardrobe. Now the media are talking about a possible presidential run.

Last June, The Washington Post published an opinion piece suggesting the wrestler-turned-actor actually run for the highest office in the land. When The Rock posted a screen grab of the piece on Instagram, describing it as “interesting” and “fun to read,” the piece went viral. Though Johnson went on to say that “the most important thing right now is strong honest leadership from our current and future leaders of this country," he got people thinking -- could it even be possible? Might he run for President?

This month National Review, founded by William F. Buckley, devoted its entire front cover to him under the headline, "The Celebrity We Need." In the piece, it was argued that the wrestler-turned-actor might have great political potential, but that he should stay in the world of Hollywood to avoid the unnecessary polarization that occurs the moment one throws their hat into the political arena. However, GQ then ran a cover story in their "comedy issue," devoted to the celebrity under the headline, "Dwayne Johnson for President!" In it, the writers makes a serious observation about how The Rock seems to unite everyone.

In an age when it's cooler to hate things than enjoy them, Johnson has carved out an improbable niche for himself, as someone it's safe to like. Maybe you like him because he's big and does fast things in slow motion. Maybe you like him because he had one song to sing in the children's musical he was cast in, and he sang it with his whole heart. Undeniably, he is likable—and likable is lucrative in his line of work: His films have collectively taken in more than a billion dollars a year worldwide, a fact that has made Johnson, at 45 years old, the highest-paid movie star on earth. This popularity has made people wonder just how far it could take him and what, exactly, he'd like to do with it. In a moment of political ridiculousness, there's even the suddenly not ridiculous question of whether Dwayne Johnson might actually be headed for Washington.

Johnson doesn't hesitate when I ask him whether he honestly might one day give up his life as the highest-paid movie star on earth to run for president. "I think that it's a real possibility."

In face, super-liberal documentary filmmaker Michael Moore has already endorsed The Rock for President. In an interview with Variety, Moore said, "If you want my general philosophical thought about this: One things the Democrats didn’t understands is that Trump is a beloved TV star. I’ve had this question now for almost 20 years — Why don’t the Democrats run Tom Hanks? Why doesn’t Oprah run?"  He went on to say, "Why don’t we run someone that’s beloved by the American people? Democrats always shy away from Hollywood, and I always say to them, 'Really? Because out where I live, people love Hollywood! They love the movies. They love stars.' The Republicans run Reagan, they run Schwarzenegger. Gopher from The Love Boat was elected to Congress."

After the 2016 Presidential election, all bets are off. But it's safe to say that much of America -- from the super conservative National Review to the ultra-liberal Michael Moore -- awaits anxiously to see what The Rock is cooking.