(audience clapping)
Have a seat there, my friend.
Thanks for being here. Thank you.
(audience screaming) Thank you, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
They're screaming for you.
(laughs) That was all for me.
Embarrassing you had to be here for it.
(audience laughing)
How awkward they couldn't wait until you were gone.
I got to ask you right from the top,
you have got to, if you could do me the honor,
Yes.
if you could show me how to do the string dance.
String dance,
(crowd cheering) string dance.
Stand up let me show you,
We had Usher,
we had Usher on the show just the other day
and I gave him a string dance lesson.
Okay, first what you do,
you lick the fingers,
you got to grab the string.
Then you grab the string here on the side, you lift,
and then it's like, ting-ting, ting-ting,
ting-ting, ting-ting, ting--
(audience laughs) Then this is important,
you cut the string, (audience laughs)
your hip falls.
Okay, okay. Yeah.
(crowd cheering)
Oh, forgot.
Grab the strings,
Yeah.
Ting-ting, ting-ting.
(crowd cheering)
Very nice.
Thank you, thank you.
Well,
congratulations, you're now 50% less cool.
(crowd laughing)
Good job, Rock. (laughs)
All right.
Hey, can you show me what the bear was doing?
(audience laughing and cheering)
I don't know what the bear was doing,
I wasn't really paying attention.
Maybe you could show me.
(audience laughing)
Now things are going so well for you.
Everything's great.
Yeah, everything's going really well.
And this is a sign that you've really made it,
I believe in our society,
you got a call from Dunkin Donuts
and they offered to name a pastry after you, a donut,
Is that right?
Yes, yes.
They offered to name a donut after the Rock.
That is true, yes, yeah.
That's when, that's when you know you've actually made it.
Man, what a great feeling and throughout the press,
I think I was doing press for "The Rundown"
and in the process, I said, "Yeah, I really love donuts
and Dunkin Donuts."
And so I get a call from them at the office saying,
"We'd like to name a doughnut after the Rock."
And I thought, wow, that's cool.
You know, you got a lot of things going on.
Yeah, yeah, why not? [Conan] Right.
Then I start to think, well,
and then I started thinking
of people actually eating the donut.
[Conan] Right.
And then I started to think, well,
does it look like an eclair?
[Conan] Right, right.
Is it cream filled?
[Conan] Right, right.
You know, how would I like eating the donut.
And then I thought, nah, there's just no way.
Yeah.
But unless,
would you ever be interested in a Rock donut, Consie?
(audience laughs)
Did you just call me Consie?
(audience laughs)
I will take you down, my friend.
I know, right down to Chinatown.
You have to admit that there's,
I know you think, okay,
you're in great shape you're The Rock
that you could take me,
but there's a little fear in your eye, isn't there?
Because you know I'm a wild man, you never know what I do.
(audience laughs)
You never know.
I'm so unpredictable as a fighter,
you know I'm an unknown quantity,
admit that.
I know you have that X-Factor and that intangible.
Thanks.
You will knock me in the next week
and whoop my ass for leaving there's no way.
All right, let's pretend that's true.
(crowd laughing)
So I think don't go for the donut, it's weird,
You know, it's not, it doesn't,
it's not good for your image, yuck.
Oh, there's a cream filled donut named
after me you don't want that.
Let me ask you, sorry,
Dunkin Donuts, I love your product.
(laughing)
And you can send me some donuts if you want.
Maserati, you make a good car.
(crowd laughing)
They'll bring one tomorrow in my office.
You're making a movie now, I understand,
you're shooting it right now, where you sing.
Actually, this role calls for you to sing.
It does, it does, yes.
Tell us what movie is this?
It's a comedy with John Travolta and Uma Thurman
and it's called "Be Cool",
F. Gary Gray is directing,
a very, very funny movie.
So I play a villainous, gay bodyguard.
(crowd cheering)
I can, I have to do this,
I have to hold my eyebrow up.
I can't do it naturally.
I know, I can do that, but I can't do the hair.
Yes.
(crowd laughing)
If I was a wrestler, that would be my hook.
You know that don't you?
I'd do that.
(audience laughing)
And then I'd be beaten within an inch of my life.
So you said you play a gay, singing body bodyguard.
Yeah, a villainous, gay body guard.
I'm trying to convince John Travolta and Uma Thurman,
yeah, I can sing, I have talent.
So picture me, transforming myself,
a dude with an Afro, a lot darker goatee,
very tight red satin cowboy outfit.
(crowd cheering) with a cowboy hat.
The ladies and one guy are excited.
(crowd laughing)
And, singing of all songs, this song.
♪ It'll be over my dead body ♪
♪ So get out while you can ♪
♪ 'Cause you ain't woman enough to take my man. ♪
Wow, that's not bad.
(crowd cheering) You can pull it off.
Yeah.
So, singing that to those guys,
picture that.
Yeah, that's supposed to be a great moment.
Did you step outside your body,
when you were shooting that scene,
and think this is really weird that I'm doing this.
Yes.
(crowd laughing)
Now, let me ask you about your family.
I know that your father was in the wrestling business
and an entertainer.
Yes, my dad was a wrestler.
My grandfather was a wrestler.
Right, so this is in your blood, the entertaining.
You have a little baby girl, is that right?
I do, yeah.
Yeah, so is she going to get into entertainment?
Is she going to be a performer, do you think?
Well, you know, the funny thing is,
I have these philosophical conversations
and you'll get there, I know you have a baby girl.
And it's a beautiful thing, you know?
And she's two and a half and I'll sit her down
when we're all by ourselves.
Like, okay, baby.
Well, you know, daddy's filming a big movie
and one day, he's going to show it to you
and we're going to watch it.
And then maybe one day you could do big things,
whatever you want to do.
Do you understand what daddy's saying?
And she's like, daddy time poo-poo.
(crowd laughing)
Daddy time poo-poo.
Poo-poo, right.
Yeah.
It's when they're 18 and saying that,
that you have to worry.
Then it's a problem, yeah.
(laughs)
It's when there's no evolution after that.
Daddy time poo-poo, dude.
(audience laughing)
Daddy time poo-poo.
(mimics engine revving)
Peeling off in a beautiful Maserati, now.
With Dunkin Donuts.
Yeah, in the trunk.
With the bear.
(crowd laughing)
Don't keep bringing up the bear.
I'm sorry, I saw that.
I'm trying to elevate this classy show
and you keep mentioning that bear.
I don't know how he gets in here.
Now you're making this,
the movie that you're promoting now, "Walking Tall",
this is obviously a classic that you've remade.
And you do this movie with Johnny Knoxville.
Yes.
Was Johnny Knoxville making any, sort of,
doing any of his stunts on the set
or trying to pull any stunts on you?
Was there any of that going on?
Well, no not really.
'Cause you know, then I try and pull the stunt,
of just an all day long fresh ass whooping.
(crowd laughing)
That's your stunt that you can always pull.
That was really funny, Johnny,
now look at my stunt, bam.
(crowd laughing)
You know, he's a crazy guy and the whole thing,
the "Jackass" thing, like he's a great guy,
he's a great guy and he's great in the movie,
but you know, some of his buddies, man,
those guys are crazy, you know.
Yeah, yeah.
I turned on Jackass one time and I never got the whole
putting a bottle rocket in the anus.
I just didn't understand that.
Well, you just haven't tried it, my friend.
(crowd laughing)
Don't knock it 'till I try it, okay.
Exactly. Where's the bear?
Let's go.
Lot of time i have, what?
(crowd laughing)
All right!
Well now, let's talk about "Walking Tall".
Because we have a clip here,
but I want to make sure people,
we set this up appropriately,
people know what the story is.
Yes, it's inspired by true story,
this incredible story, entertaining movie.
A soldier comes home only to find that the town is corrupt,
and back 40 years ago, it was,
it was moonshine and prostitution.
Now it's crystal meth and it affects his family.
And he decides to take a stand
and fight for what he firmly believes in.
And he decides to walk tall.
Okay. And this is a scene-
And, which by the way, and there's nothing better.
Especially this day and age, it's nothing fancy.
It's just, it's straight ahead.
No CGI, no special effects and it's just awesome.
Right, it's not you,
it's just, these are, this is just you,
ass whooping time, yeah.
Exactly.
And taking a 4 x 4 and just handing
out blue collar ass whooping.
I think everyone will see what you're talking
about in this clip from "Walking Tall".
(suspenseful music)
(metal smashing)
(audience clapping and cheering) That's great.
That's one of my favorite things,
that's one of my favorite things
from action movies is that you kill,
like you kill nine people with a board
and then there's still a guy who sees all that happen
and then goes, now it's my turn.
(audience laughs) That's right.
I saw him kill nine other people,
but now I'm going to get in there.
No, that was, that was great.
Thank you
"Walking Tall" is in theaters now.
Thanks for coming
and bringing The Rock magic, Thank you very much man.
wherever you go. I appreciate it.
The Rock!
Canon, we're going to take a break.