-Congrats on this film, "Fighting With My Family."
It's fantastic, it's funny, but it has heart.
And you're getting great reviews on this, man.
-Yes. It's a thrill, because, you know, you put so much
hard work and so much passion into these projects.
-You've been working for this for like three years, right?
-Yeah, so long, and it began -- -How did this come about?
-Yeah. Well, it started --
You mentioned about Dwayne Johnson
being in the movie, and it started with Dwayne.
I did a movie in 2010 called "Tooth Fairy."
You're welcome. [ Cheers and applause ]
Please. No, please.
I'm surprised the applause was that short, I have to say.
[ Laughter ] -Wow.
Please sit down, everybody. Sit down. Wow.
-Wow. You remember that one.
-People were rushing the stage. -Oh, yeah.
-"Tooth Fairy"! -Yeah.
I remember it. I loved it, yeah.
-You know, so -- We hit off, though.
You know, we got on well. -You did, yeah.
-We've stayed in touch over the years.
I mean, you look at me, you look at Dwayne Johnson,
you're probably thinking, "Gym buddies."
[ Laughter ]
-That's the very first thing comes to mind.
Gym buddies, yeah. [ Both laugh ]
-Although, it's not true.
Actually, I barely do any working out.
-Oh, wow! -It's a shock, I know.
Just natural. It's all just natural.
-Of course. Yeah, I was gonna ask.
That was my next question.
-But, yeah, anyway, he came up with this idea for this movie,
and he wants someone to write and direct it,
and he, you know, he's always looked up to me.
[ Laughter ]
Not in terms of career or talent,
but he's literally always looked up to me
'cause I'm 2 inches taller than The Rock. Boom!
-Oh, wow! That's right.
[ Cheers and applause ] You're very tall.
6'5", The Rock.
6'7", The Merch Man.
-Wow. The Merch Man. -Pretty sweet.
-That's what you call yourself. Wow.
-I'm 6'7", and it means, if there's no one taller than that,
it means that I have been all of your heights at some point.
[ Laughter ]
Which is a really weird thing. Do you know what I mean?
I've been all of The Roots' heights.
-Yeah. -I've been -- What are you?
-I'm 6'. 6' even.
-Just a straight 6'? So, that's about sort of there?
-Yeah. [ Laughter ]
-So, look at that. So I could just --
I could just spend the day as you just go about...
[ Laughter ] Hi!
-How does it feel? -It's lovely.
Welcome to "The Tonight Show." -Wow!
It's like I'm looking in a mirror.
It's unbelievable.
-What has Donald Trump been up to?
[ Laughter ] -Oh, my God!
-Right? -Fantastic.
-Unbelievable, right? 6 foot is a great height.
I mean, this one's better, but it's --
[ Laughter ]
-Yeah, this story -- -So, what were we talking about?
The Rock. -We were talking about The Rock.
We're talking your movie, "Fighting With My Family."
It's really based on a true story.
-Yeah. -A real WWE superstar, Paige.
-That's right. [ Cheers ]
-And -- yeah. The story is fascinating.
-It's really great, and it began --
As I said, it did begin with Dwayne,
and he was actually in a hotel in England.
He was filming "Fast and Furious 6,"
and he couldn't sleep one night,
and he was in the hotel in England.
I don't know which one. I assume the, you know --
the Presidential Suite of the Best Western.
[ Laughter ]
You know, and he's -- -He's a big star, yeah.
-Yeah, he's a big star. He gets the best.
You know, and he's taking his own bottled water.
He's not paying the silly hotel prices.
-Of course not. Why? He's not a fool.
-And he's put on the kind of, you know,
the free white hotel robe.
You know, and it barely fits 'round him.
-Yeah, yeah. I understand.
-Barely covering his -- -Yes.
-His Dwayne Johnson. -Yeah.
[ Laughter ]
And, uh...
[ Laughter ]
-You think he'd call it The Rock, but no.
-Yeah. -Yeah, no.
[ Laughter ]
-Maybe he does. -He might.
-And anyway, he's watches this documentary
about this crazy family from England who are all wrestlers.
Mom, dad, three kids -- they all wrestle.
And the dream -- the family dream
was to get these two teenage kids into WWE,
which obviously, if you're a wrestler, is the big leagues.
It's the Major Leagues. It doesn't get bigger than that.
-No. -But only the daughter, Paige,
got signed, and the brother got left behind.
And so what happen is just -- it became this beautiful --
this underdog story of this young woman
who has to travel 4,000 miles from home
and try and make it in the WWE for both herself and her family.
-And she does. -And she does, and it's --
Spoiler. [ Laughter ]
-Yeah, yeah. We know Paige.
-We know Paige. Yeah, right.
And so that's it, and so -- Yeah, and so, Dwayne, I think,
rightly spotted that there was a kind of "Rocky"-style
underdog movie just sort of waiting to be made,
and he came to me.
-The WWE fans, they're the best fans.
-Oh, amazing.
-I couldn't even imagine that feeling.
Because they're with you for life.
-Oh, absolutely. -And they love you,
and they root for you, and they feel bad for you,
and they cry for you, and they're just there.
It's just a -- It's a great --
The whole organization is fantastic.
Seeing wrestling live is -- -You've been, though.
-Yeah, absolutely. A bunch of times.
I've never seen anything like it.
I don't know how to describe it.
-Well, I didn't know anything wrestling
before I started this project. -Really?
-No. That was the crazy thing.
You know, I just -- I just was really --
I just fell in love with this family
and with this family dream.
And I've tried to make a movie, I hope,
which is for the wrestling fans but also works for anyone
like me who doesn't know anything about wrestling.
-You hit the nail on the head, buddy.
We have a clip from "Fighting With My Family,"
in theaters Thursday. Check this out.
-We're wrestlers, as well, actually.
-We're actually doing the tryouts today.
-Oh, cool. -What advice would you give us
if -- if we want to... -Win over the crowd.
-...win over the crowd? -What are your names again?
-My name --
-It doesn't matter what your names are!
You walk around here interrupting The Rock,
you, like you haven't seen the sun in 20 years,
you, like you just stepped out of "Oliver Twist"?
"Please, sir, may I have some more advice, sir?"
You want some advice?! Here's The Rock's advice!
Shut your mouth!
What you want? What you want?
How about what The Rock wants?!
The Rock wants you to go out there and take no prisoners,
have no regrets, have no fear!
Lay it all out on the line!
Because if you don't do that,
The Rock is gonna find your friend Mary Poppins.
He's gonna take her umbrella.
Yeah, he's gonna shine it up real nice.
He's gonna turn that sumbitch sideways
and stick it straight up your candy asses!
There's your advice!
Straight out of the jabroni beating, pie eating,
trailblazing, eyebrow-raising, entertaining the globe,
never hotter, talking to two rejects from "Harry Potter"!
So, that's how you win over the crowd.
-Yeah. -[ Laughs ]
[ Cheers and applause ] -He's a pro!
Our thanks to Stephen Merchant!