TO BEING THE SUPERSTAR WE KNOW
AND LOVE.
>> HODA CHATTED WITH DWAYNE
ABOUT ALL THINGS ROCK.
>> PAY ATTENTION.
>> Reporter: WHEN YOU THINK OF
DWAYNE "THE ROCK" JOHNSON,
IMAGES LIKE THIS MAY POP INTO
YOUR HEAD.
>> CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK
IS COOKING?
>> Reporter: IN DWAYNE’S NEW
SEAR REESZRIES
SERIES, "YOUNG ROCK," IT SHOWS
STARS HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.
>> WHEN I WAS 10 YEARS OLD,
LIVING IN HAWAII.
>> Reporter: I WONDERED WHAT
LITTLE DWAYNE JOHNSON WOULD LOOK
LIKE AS A KID.
I PICTURED YOU COMING OUT OF THE
WOMB, 6 PACK, MUSCLES.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT I IMAGINED,
BUT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT
YOU AS A BIB BYABY OR YOUNG CHIL
THAT CAPTURED ME.
WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A YOUNG
KID?
>> I WAS A PAIN IN THE BUTT IS
WHAT I WAS LIKE AS A LITTLE KID.
I WAS A PAIN.
I WAS RAMBUNCTIOUS, FULL OF
ENERGY.
FROM WHAT I CAN GATHER FROM MY
PARENTS OVER THE YEARS, I WAS A
GOOD BOY.
FOR THE RECORD, BECAUSE THE
WORLD IS WATCHING, I CAME OUT OF
THE WOMB, AND I SLAPPED THE
DOCTOR.
I SAID, "LISTEN, I AM HERE." THEY STARTED PLAYING "BAD TO THE
THEY STARTED PLAYING "BAD TO THE
BONE" IN THE "YOUNG ROCK" GIVING
US AN IDEA OF WHAT HIS CHILDHOOD
WAS LIKE WITH ATA, MOM, AND
ROCKY.
>> THEY LOVE HIM.
>> Reporter: LITTLE DWAYNE GOT
UP AND PERSONAL WITH ONE FAIRY
TALE.
THERE WAS A SCENE WHEN ANDRE THE
GIANT ALMOST PICKS YOU UP BY THE
SHIRT COLLAR.
DID THAT HAPPEN?
>> YES.
I HAVE PRETTY COOL STORIES ABOUT
ANDRE THE GIANT.
[ SCREAMING ]
>> THE THING ABOUT ANDRE, I HAD
A REALLY WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIP
WITH ANDRE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU’RE A LITTLE BOY,
HE IS UNCLE ANDRE, WHO IS A
GIANT.
I JUMP ON HIM AND PULL HIS AFRO,
RUN AROUND.
BUT ANDRE IN THE WORLD OF
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING WAS
HIGHLY RESPECTED.
SO AS A LITTLE BOY, IT WAS
IMPORTANT FOR HIM THAT I LEARN
RESPECT, NOT ONLY RESPECT FOR
ELDERS, BUT ALSO RESPECT FOR THE
WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING.
>> Reporter: IT WAS THE WORLD OF
PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING THAT GAVE
DWAYNE HIS BIG BREAK, EVEN
THOUGH HIS OWN DAD WAS AGAINST
THE IDEA AT FIRST.
>> WE HAD THE BIGGEST FIGHT
BETWEEN A FATHER AND A SON OVER
THIS.
ESSENTIALLY, YOU’RE RIGHT, HE
SAID, LOOK AROUND.
LOOK WHAT I HAVE AFTER ALL THESE
YEARS.
I WANT MORE FOR YOU.
I SAID, I KNOW, AND I APPRECIATE
THAT, BUT I FEEL I HAVE
SOMETHING TO OFFER.
WE FOUGHT AND FOUGHT.
FINALLY, AFTER MY MOM SAID, LET
ME TALK TO YOU FOR A SECOND,
OKAY?
LET ME TALK TO YOU, HUSBAND,
ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE THING IS
GOING TO GO DOWN.
THEN HE SAID, OKAY, I’LL TRAIN
YOU.
>> Reporter: YOU COULD SAY THE
REST IS HISTORY.
DWAYNE WENT ON TO BECOME THE
HIGHEST PAID ACTOR IN HOLLYWOOD,
APPEARING IN BLOCKBUSTERS LIKE
"JUMANJI," "THE FAST AND THE
FURIOUS."
>> DADDY HAS TO GO TO WORK.
>> Reporter: AND "MOANA."
♪ YOU’RE WELCOME ♪
>> YOUR DAD WAS CONCERNED WITH
NOT HAVING ENOUGH.
WHEN DID YOU FEEL LIKE, I HAVE
ENOUGH.
I GOT HERE.
>> I DON’T THINK I’VE FELT THAT.
I’M NOT SURE, HODA, HONESTLY, IF
I EVER WILL.
SO MUCH OF MY DNA AND MY
CONSTITUTION DERIVES FROM NOT
HAVING, WHICH THEN MOTIVATES THE
WORK.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE LIVING
HERE IN HAWAII, WE WERE EVICTED
OFF THE ISLAND WHEN I WAS 14
YEARS OLD.
THAT REALLY DROVE ME TO WANT
MORE.
SO I’M NOT QUITE TOO SURE IF
I’VE EVER SAID, I HAVE ENOUGH.
I’M GOOD.
>> Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT I
LOVE ABOUT YOU?
WHEN YOU FINALLY STARTED MAKING
ENOUGH MONEY, BEFORE YOU EVEN
HAD A HOME OF YOUR OWN THAT YOU
WERE PROUD OF, YOU DECIDED THAT
YOU WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOUR FOLKS WERE OKAY.
>> I DID.
MY GOAL WAS TO BUY THEM THEIR
FIRST HOUSE.
I WAS ABLE TO DO THAT BY THE
GRACE OF GOD AND THE UNIVERSE,
AND I BOUGHT THEM THEIR FIRST
HOUSE.
>> Reporter: WHILE HE IS A WWE
CHAMPION AND WORLD FAMOUS MOVIE
STAR, AT HOME, HE’S STILL JUST
DAD.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUNNY VIDEOS
WITH YOUR KIDS.
ONE I LOVE IS WHEN YOU RUN IN
THE ROOM.
WE DON’T SEE YOU.
YOU’RE LIKE, WHO WANTS TO SEE
DADDY’S MUSCLES?
>> WHO WANTS TO SEE DADDY’S
MUSCLES?
>> NO ONE!
>> NO ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
DADDY KNOWS WHEN HE IS NOT
WANTED.
>> Reporter: I GUESS THAT’S HOW
YOU STAY GROUNDED, MAN.
I FEEL YOU HAVE THE WORLD AT
YOUR FEET.
WHEN I SAW THAT MOMENT, I FELT
LIKE I WAS AT HOME WITH MY KIDS.
LIKE THAT’S LIFE RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT’S LIFE.
KIDS, AS YOU KNOW, AND AS
PARENTS ALL AROUND THE WORLD
KNOW, THEY ARE THE GREAT
EQUALIZER TO EVERYTHING IN LIFE.
WHEN YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT ALL
HANDLED, THEY’LL EQUALIZE THAT.
THEY WILL PROVIDE.
>> AMEN TO THAT.
FOLKS PROBABLY DON’T REMEMBER,
YEARS AGO, WHEN HE WAS MAKING
THE TRANSITION FROM WRESTLING TO
ACTING, THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF
FOLKS TAKING HIM SERIOUSLY.
>> IT WAS A CHALLENGE.
I FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
>> USED TO HIM AS THE ACTOR NOW,
YOU FORGET THE TRANSITION
PERIOD.
>> IT PAVED THE WAY WITH HOW TO
KIND OF DO THAT.
>> WHO IS LAUGHING NOW?
>> HOW TO PIVOT.
>> MORE OF THAT CONVERSATION, BY
THE WAY, WITH DWAYNE JOHNSON ON
THE FOURTH HOUR THIS MORNING.
BY THE WAY, "YOUNG ROCK"