Dwayne Johnson got a little red in the cheeks after opening up about a very different side of himself when he was a teacher.
Hollywood icon Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has opened up on a cheeky chapter of his life in a candid interview with The Project’s Tommy Little.
The towering superstar met via video link with the Channel 10 host to promote his new movie, Red Notice; a film where Johnson plays an FBI agent who begrudgingly teams up with a renowned art thief.
Not wasting any time, Little grilled the 49-year-old on what was the biggest thing he’d ever stolen. After initially responding with “hearts”, Johnson took the bait and got quite personal about his shenanigans as a teenager.
“The biggest thing I’ve ever stolen I would say is probably a car,” he said.
“Technically I bought it for 35 or 40 bucks from a crack head. It‘s a very true story, it happened in Nashville, Tennessee. I was 15 years-old hanging out in bars that I shouldn’t have been hanging out in.
“The crack head came in and said ‘hey who wants to buy a car?’
“I said, ‘how much is it?’
“He said, ‘80 bucks’.
“So I said my buddy of mine had 40 bucks. Then I said we’ll be right back to give you the other 40.
“We never came back. So technically I bought the car but then also technically I stole it.
“I still owe a crack head $40.”
Johnson spoke on what it was like working on-set with Ryan Reynolds and co-star Gal Gadot, who plays the up-and-coming criminal the pair must track down.
The flashy film cost a whopping $270 million to make, with the trio of stars each reportedly taking home a $26 million pay cheque.
“You hope to go into these things where you have a bit of chemistry and you like the people you work with,” he said.
“In this case I really did. I’ve known Ryan for over 20 years. I’ve known Gal for ten years. It was a lot of fun. Every day was a lot of fun.”
The Rock shrugs off questions over running for President
Johnson has long been touted as an ideal candidate for US president, further fuelling calls when he said he’d be interested in running “if the people want it” back in April.
But during an interview with news.com.au to promote his new Netflix film Red Notice, the 49-year-old actor dodged the idea, instead saying if he wasn’t an actor he’d “probably be in jail”.
Asked what he would be doing if he wasn’t making blockbuster films, this writer suggested: “US president has been mentioned one or two times”.
Brushing off the question, Johnson said: “Well, if I wasn’t acting, I would probably be in prison. For making bad decisions.” Johnson has been teasing the idea of a political career since 2017.
In April, he floated a possible run in an interview with USA Today, saying that he would “consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted”.
Clearly unwilling to discuss it any further, Johnson turned to his Red Notice co-star, mother-of-three-Gal Gadot, asking what her alternate career aspirations would be.
“A lawyer, because that’s what I started on but I’m so happy it didn’t work out. Jesus, I hate conflict. Or a doula. I feel like when women have their babies it’s the most magical moment in life,” Gadot said.
Red Notice hits streaming on Netflix November 12
— with Lexie Cartwright
Originally published as The Rock gets personal in interview with The Project’s Tommy Little
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