Well, listen, we're so excited to have you here of WWEs The Bump.
We absolutely loved the debut of Young Rock last night.
What was it like for you to see yourself on a screen as part of a project that was
as anticipated as this one?
>> Wow.
[LAUGH] I mean, surreal,
especially because I was a fan of DJ before any of this came about.
Just my mind just kind of blanks.
[LAUGH] I don't believe this.
It's awesome.
>> Still speechless I get it, it's all fresh, like I said,
we saw the first episode last night and we were very impressed,
very excited to see how this show unfolds.
But for those who may not be completely aware of what's going on,
we've got a little clip right here.
Let's take a look.
>> Anyway, best part is, Ken invited me to a party tonight.
>> So Life is good?
>> It is.
>> Well it's not gonna last.
First sign aside.
The reason why these girls haven't been given you the time of day isn't
cause you look poor.
It's because you look like an undercover cop.
Like Johnny Depp from 21 Jump Street.
>> No one thinks that.
>> Dwayne, everyone thinks that.
>> He's looking at me, he's a cop, like Johnny Depp.
>> I'm 15.
>> You have a full mustache and you're bigger than a dad.
You look like you work at a auto parts store.
>> Whatever, man, none of that matters now that I've got a girl into me.
>> Yeah, but that girl thinks you're rich and you're not.
>> [LAUGH] >> [APPLAUSE] Bradley, come on,
look at you.
That's a clip from Young Rock.
You realize, I know you realize, you're playing a lead role on NBC,
the show that's going to be massive.
I'm gonna give you another opportunity here to get your words,
how wild is this for you?
>> I think speechless says it the best way though,
I mean honestly like, I'm very humbled, very grateful for all of it.
I mean, everybody that's been a part of this show from the jump, our Creator and
Asha Khan, Jeff Chang and Dwayne of course, they've all just been so kind.
Even the younger Dwayne's, we have Adrian, we have Ollie,
plays the older version, like we're all best buds and we're good friends and
it's just something incredible to be a part of, so to see clips like this and
just watch it, is just is mind blowing.
>> Bradley I feel like anytime an actor has to portray a real person,
there's always a little bit of pressure there.
I think there's got to be even more pressure when that person is still alive.
And then I think there has to be even more pressure when that person is the most
famous person in the world.
>> [LAUGH] >> So for you, getting into character,
getting into this role,
how long did it take you to feel like you were in a groove as Dwayne?
Did it come early?
Did it take a while?
>> Yeah. Well, I think the biggest thing was
realizing that I wasn't necessarily trying to mimic Dwayne Johnson,
like the superstar, that really wasn't a factor, for him,
especially at 15, that was a completely different time in his life.
He had lots of family struggles at home and
juggling that with the contrast of being a kid, being 15,
wanting to impress the girl, and wanting to impress all the kids in school,
have a cool car, the cool clothes but you're too broke to afford it.
[LAUGH] You do whatever you got to do to make it happen and
I think, finding those normal or not normal but relatable qualities as
just any other normal teenager that's going through those circumstances,
kind of helped me ground into that and it took away most all the pressure.
And even talking to him, he never told me, hey, you got to do this, this, this.
[LAUGH] He's just so, he's so chill and genuine and
he just remind me to be myself and, we really just kind of found common
ground related on being a teenager and different struggles.
So, it was, it's awesome.
>> And you mentioned DJ there.
Did you get a lot of face to face time with him in the lead up to this?
Because maybe not even necessarily channeling him, but
just kind of get to pick his brain and
kind of feed off that energy and figure out what you wanted to bring the screen.
>> Yeah, I mean he was an open book,
I had any questions of course at first I was really nervous.
[LAUGH] >> [LAUGH]
>> I was like, what's up Rock?
And I was like shaking in my chair.
[LAUGH] >> [LAUGH]
>> Once we started chatting,
I was just like talking person to person.
He talks to you like anybody else and he's super humble as well.
So yeah, I mean, it's just easy going conversation.
>> Well, say what was your level of fandom for
the Rock in WWE overall growing up young man?
>> [LAUGH] My memory with WWE of him is from when I was like from two to five,
[LAUGH] I was born in 1998.
That's like when he was right into it all.
>> Right. >> So I remember, so
my earliest memories are sitting in the living room with my dad,
watching wrestling and of course he had the Rock on there and he was obviously my
favorite dude look like a bigger version of me, and so confident, so funny.
The first movie I saw him in was Walking Tall, and
I followed his career ever since then pretty much.
>> So as part of all this fun stuff, you're on a billboard and
you posted about that a picture, this Instagram video with your mom.
That's just it.
That's awesome.
And it's all no matter what it is, but especially on a show like this so
you could be honest with us now.
It's over.
Did you hang around for minutes after the fact we're like, hey, that's me,
that's me, want to take a picture?
>> [LAUGH] >> No, no, no at this specific time, like
this was the moment we got a text from one of our castmates in pictures like, yo, yo,
look, it's right here, go find it.
And this was one of our friends over in Australia.
So they're like, we can't go find it so I was like I will go find it for you.
>> [LAUGH] >> We got the picture and
I stood there for probably a good solid 10 minutes not saying a word,
just kind of reflecting on where life is right now.
[LAUGH] And somebody, of course, like I said, I've known him since I was little,
and I never imagined that I would be on a billboard playing him as a teenager.
>> Wow. >> So that was just so
awesome to experience,
I was so glad to have my mum on there with me to share that.
So.