>> Tati: WHEN IT COMES TO BEING
AN INTERNATIONAL SUPERSTAR,
THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE
BIGGER THAN DWAYNE "THE ROCK"
JOHNSON, LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY.
HE HAS HIS OWN SHOW ON NBC THAT
LOOKS BACK AT HIS UPBRINGING AND
WHAT HAS INSPIRED THE LIFE THAT
HE LEADS TODAY.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> I WAS BORN INTO A WRESTLING
FAMILY.
>> YOUR DAD WAS A WRESTLING
SUPERSTAR, ROCKY JOHNSON.
>> ROCKY JOHNSON, THAT WAS HIM!
>> MY MOTHER’S FATHER WAS THE
LEGENDARY SAMOAN WRESTLER.
IT’S IN MY BLOOD.
>> Tati: IT TAKES THREE PEOPLE
TO TELL HIS LIFE STORY AND TWO
OF THEM ARE WITH US NOW, STARS
OF THE YOUNG ROCK.
WE HAVE ADRIAN AND BRADLEY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US!
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING US. >> Tati: MY FIRST QUESTION FOR
>> Tati: MY FIRST QUESTION FOR
YOU IS, WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE
PORTRAYING THE ROCK AND WORKING
WITH HIM PERSONALLY?
>> ADRIAN?
>> UHM, YEAH, IT’S BEEN EXCITING AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UHM, I
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, UHM, I
REALLY APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE I
GOT TO ONCE SEE HOW EVERYTHING
WAS BACK IN THE ’80s, AND THAT
WAS PRETTY SPECIAL.
ALSO WORKING WITH DWAYNE, HE’S
AN OPEN, CARING, DOWN-TO-EARTH
MAN AND OPEN ABOUT LIFE, AND HE
GIVES SUCH GREAT INFORMATION
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
>> FOR ME, I’M JUST SECOND WHAT
ADRIAN IS SAYING.
HE’S AN AWESOME GUY.
WE THOUGHT WE KNEW WHO HE WAS,
BUT BEING ABLE TO PLAY HIM, YOU
LEARN SO MANY GENUINE NORMAL
CHARACTERISTICS ABOUT HIM THAT A
LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO
RELATE WITH.
WE’RE SUPER PROUD AND GRATEFUL
FOR ALL OF THIS.
>> Tati: THAT’S SO COOL.
BUT EXPLAIN TO US A LITTLE BIT
HOW THE SHOW WORKS.
IS IT GOING TO FOCUS ON
DIFFERENT PERIODS OF THE ROCK’S
LIFE OR WILL IT JUMP AROUND IN
DIFFERENT ORDERS?
>> IT WILL JUMP AROUND A GOOD
BIT.
THERE ARE MULTIPLE TIME LINES.
HE’S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN
2032 AND HE’LL BE ON THE
CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND INTERVIEWED
AND TALKING ABOUT HIS PAST.
AND THEN WE’LL GO BACK TO US.
WE’LL HAVE ME, ADRIAN, AND
BILLY.
AND IT’S FLUID.
>> Tati: AND WHAT DID YOU LEARN
ABOUT DWAYNE FROM DOING THIS
ROLE THAT KIND OF SURPRISED YOU
ABOUT HIM?
>> I LEARNED THAT HIM BEING
AROUND THESE WRESTLERS AND ALL
THESE BIG PEOPLE AND ALWAYS
BEING AROUND HIS DAD IS JUST
ALWAYS THE NORM FOR HIM.
IT WAS NORMAL FOR HIM TO BE
AROUND THESE BIG PEOPLE.
>> Tati: SO BRADLEY, LET ME ASK
YOU THIS: DOES SOME OF THE
STUFF IN THE SHOW ALMOST FEEL
SURREAL?
BECAUSE HE HAD QUITE AN
INTERESTING UPBRINGING?
>> YEAH, A LITTLE BIT, YEAH.
IT WAS REALLY FUN.
I MEAN, I DIDN’T REALLY -- TO BE
ABLE TO DO THE THING WHERE I’M
SLIPPING OUT THE STORE AND
STEALING THE CLOTHES WALKING
OUT, IT WAS PRETTY FUN.
AND I GOT TO DRIVE AROUND THIS
OLD CAR, REALLY DROVE IT, A CAR
I BOUGHT FROM A HOMELESS GUY.
THAT WAS ALL FANTASTIC!
BUT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO BE
ABLE TO PLAY THE REAL MOMENTS AS
WELL.
THERE’S A LOT OF -- THERE’S ALL
THE EXCITING FANTASTICAL STUFF
AS WELL.
THE SCENES WITH MY MOM AND THE
REAL MOMENTS WE HAVE AT HOME AND
WITH FAMILY WERE SOME OF THE
BEST, AND IT FELT LIKE I WAS
TALKING TO MY OWN FAMILY.
>> Tati: I LOVE THAT, AND I
CAN’T WAIT TO CHECK OUT THE
SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO
SPEAK WITH US.
>> OF COURSE, THANK YOU.
>> Tati: ANY TIME, ANY TIME.