Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one of the biggest stars in Hollywood.
The professional wrestling legend has not always made life easier for his co-stars.
And Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was forced to make this terrible confession about his career.
Dwayne Johnson admits to one mistake that cost his latest movie
Actor and wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is one of the most successful actors in the movie business.
Known for his laid-back demeanor, the former WWE champion admitted that he does have some diva-like behavior during an interview with GQ.
An article from April in The Wrap claimed that Johnson was “chronically late” to the set of his new movie Red One which cost the film millions of dollars.
“Yeah, that happens,” Johnson admitted. “But not that amount, by the way. That was a bananas amount. That’s crazy. Ridiculous.”
Red One director Jake Kasdan said that Johnson never missed a day of work during the movie’s filming.
“He has a lot going on. He can be late sometimes, but such is Hollywood—that’s the case with everybody,” Kasdan stated. “Honestly, I’ve made three big movies with him. I’ve never seen him be anything but great to every single person on the set.”
Actor Chris Evans who starred in the movie with Johnson said that the former WWE star worked out every morning before filming.
“In terms of the guy that I saw, compared to some of the things I’ve seen on other movies with other actors who are not only not conscious of other people’s time and efforts, but they’re unpredictable,” Evans said. “I found Dwayne to be—we all know exactly what he’s going to do when he’s going to do it.”
Evans said that the cast and the crew found a way to work with Johnson’s predictable tardiness.
“But this is something that the producers, the director, and it’s all his team, so they all know this,” Evans explained. “So it’s all basic. It’s not like he’s late unexpectedly, and I wouldn’t even call it late. He comes in slightly later on certain mornings, but it’s part of the plan. It’s worked into the schedules and everyone knows it, so he shows up when he’s scheduled to show up.”
Dwayne Johnson takes of the crew on his movie
Red One is a Christmas movie where Johnson plays a bodyguard to Santa Claus and Evans plays a bounty hunter who helps him rescue Santa after he has been kidnapped.
Evans said one of the fun things on the set, was that every Friday while they were filming the cast and the crew of the movie would hold a raffle and draw the winner’s name at random.
“I mean Dwayne did it all the time,” Evans recalled, “but there was one day, and I’m really not exaggerating about this. I forget what the number was. The pot was up to four or five grand or something, and before they pulled the name out, Dwayne said, ‘What’s the pot at right now?’ And someone said, ‘I don’t know, four grand.’ And he said, ‘Let’s call it 20.’ And they pulled out a name and whoever won was losing it.”
Johnson made sure the crew on the set were compensated via the raffle.
“Dwayne said, ‘You know what? Should we do it again? How about 30 this time?’ Everyone goes nuts. And then he says, ‘You know what? How about one more?’ And it was 50. I think on one Friday, Dwayne gave away something like close to a hundred thousand dollars,” Evans added.
The Rock may be late to the set, but his tardiness is mild for bad behavior from movie stars.
DeSantis Daily will keep you up-to-date on any new developments in this ongoing story.
