I love The Rock, but I feel like his action movies, that are kid-friendly, are all the same thing. The trailer for Jungle Cruise could just as well be for Jumanji 3 (or 4), and we would be none the wiser.
Not that it is a bad thing, but I know he can do so much more. Then again, he has created a niche for himself, and it is working. The Box Office numbers don’t lie. I am sure they will be great the week of July 24th.
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There are so many things to love about The Rock, and his sense of humor is probably on top of the list. Luckily, his daughter Tiana, at just 22 months, is showing us that she inherited that trait from her daddy.
DJ asked his little girl to tell the world that she is a pretty, awesome, smart, very smart girl who can do anything. Once he got through all of that out of the way, it was time for him to turn the table back to him.
That is when he asked his awwwwwwdorable little girl to say, “daddy’s the best.” She had no problem saying that. However, after she was done saying it, she exclaimed one word, “Mother!”
He might be the biggest action star in Hollywood, but at home, he is the only man amongst four pretty, awesome, smart, very girl women. Translation, he doesn’t have a chance to win anything.
I betcha DJ wishes he could inherit his daughter’s thick curly hair. Since Tia only had his hairline when she was born. Even then she had more hair than her pops.
The Rock is getting an 11-part series on NBC that is about his life as Young Rock. Before he was The Rock, he was just Dwayne Johnson.
DJ was a kid growing up in Hawaii who got in a lot of trouble. Eventually, he and his mom were evicted from the island and wound up in Nashville for high school. The HS football player got a scholarship to the University of Miami. There he was a starter until some guy named Warren Sapp took his position.
After UM, when he did not become a pro football player, he followed his father’s footsteps and became a wrestler. It was not an easy road for him and he took any match he could get. No matter where it was like flea markets.
Eventually, he becomes the Old Rock and that is where Young Rock ends…for now.
As if DJ’s life story is not enough to get you to tune in, how about the fact that he will be in each episode. He did not say how at the NBC Winter TCA Press Day, but he did say they will find interesting ways to weave him in.
As someone who went to college with him, I can’t wait to see what he highlights from our years at UM. One of my favorite memories from school was with him rescuing a drunk friend of ours. I doubt he remembers it, but you never know. Kind of like I did not realize DJ was The Rock until years after he went by that name.
Update: The Rock previewed his show even more on Instagram!
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Over the weekend, Kevin Hart promoted Jumanji with The Rock in Mexico. The two of them spoke to a lot of reporters for several hours, so Hart needed a quick pick me up. Therefore, he downed three espressos. Well, I guess he was not used to the Mexican version of the Italian coffee because his stomach got very upset. Therefore, he couldn’t stop farting. Some of which might have been wet and most of which smelled really bad. So much so, Hart hashtagged his video with, “#IworeTheWrongPants #ThatTintSmelledLikeShit #iThrewMyUnderwearAway.”
Poor DJ. They say you have to suffer for your art and boy did he suffer.
The Rock and Kevin Hart are in Mexico promoting their movie Jumanji. The studio opted to do the junket outside and not in a hotel room. That means they have to deal with all the elements that come with nature like bugs.
Well, Hart is afraid of bugs, including butterflies. Thus, when a pretty yellow one kept flying by him, he screamed like a little girl and tried to run away from it. Later on, a grasshopper decided to say hi. As soon as Hart saw it, he could not stop focusing on it. DJ being the kind man that he is, picked it up to show it to his friend. For some reason, Hart did not want to see it.
If I were DJ, then for Jumanji 3, I would force his BFF to have to film a scene with real bugs. A room full. Think Joe’s Apartment amount of creepy crawlies, but without the CGI!
Although, it probably won’t happen because here is what Hart wrote about this video, “I don’t f*ck with bugs man….for the life of me I can’t figure out why they love to f*ck with me…they pick on me constantly. Leave me alone bugs. Enough is enough damn it 🤦🏾♂️🖕🏾” Anyone else siding with the bugs over the actor beside me?
