Dwayne Johnson

Made films the shows talk about.

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Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: Southland Tales (2006); Fast Five (2011); Fast and Furious 6 (2013); Pain & Gain (2013); San Andreas (2015); Hobbs & Shaw (2019); Jungle Cruise (2021); Black Adam (2022); DC League of Super-Pets (2022); (reference); Black Adam (planned); Fast & Furious (series); Fast and Furious (franchise); Rampage; The Fast and the Furious / Hobbs & Shaw; Tooth Fairy. Count them as producer (1 film) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Fast Five (2011): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Fast and Furious 6 (2013), which they acted in: Fast Five ⇒ Fast and Furious 6 (the host's read). Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece.
    “That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991): 1 line

  1. lineage (ripoff) · through Black Adam (2022), which they acted in: Terminator 2: Judgment Day ⇒ Black Adam (the host's read). The Black Adam kid is called a straight John Connor ripoff, down to the skateboard and the catchphrase coaching.
    “It is a straight up John Connor ripoff.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Doctor Sleep · 1:18:46 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Fast and Furious 6 (2013): 1 line, within their own work

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Fast Five (2011), which they acted in: Fast Five ⇒ Fast and Furious 6 (the host's read). Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece.
    “That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Fighting with My Family (2019): 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Dwayne Johnson ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview). Merchant says his friend Dwayne Johnson sent him the documentary that became the film.
    “my dear friend Dwayne The Rock Johnson sent me this documentary about a family of British wrestlers”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:22:34 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Producing (1) everyone in producing

Acting (17) everyone in acting

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career caution): Dwayne Johnson → Southland Tales. The Rock was spooked by Southland Tales flopping and avoids risky films.
    “I think also, and The Rock has talked so much about how much he was spooked by Southland Tales, flopping”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:43:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Dwayne Johnson → Tooth Fairy. Merchant knew Johnson from the Tooth Fairy days.
    “He did a film called Tooth Fairy, and we'd stayed in touch over the years.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:23:27 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)
  3. career (career): Dwayne Johnson → Fast and Furious (franchise). Merchant says Johnson was shooting a Fast and Furious film in England when he saw the documentary.
    “He was filming one of his Fast and Furious films.”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:23:33 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Harrison Ford → Dwayne Johnson. Modern stars with contractual limits on losing fights contrast with Ford letting the German mechanic beat him up.
    “the infamous fucking like Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel contractual, how many punches they can take”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 2:48:37 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Dwayne Johnson → Black Adam (planned). Black Adam, a Shazam villain, is supposed to be played by Dwayne Johnson.
    “a Black Adam movie, which is like a Shazam villain that's supposed to be played by Dwayne Johnson”
    The Big Picture · 'Shazam!’ and the Future of the DCEU With David F. Sandberg | Interview · 0:07:21 · Miles Surrey (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Dwayne Johnson → Fighting with My Family. Merchant says his friend Dwayne Johnson sent him the documentary that became the film.
    “my dear friend Dwayne The Rock Johnson sent me this documentary about a family of British wrestlers”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:22:34 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (star comparison): Dwayne Johnson → Arnold Schwarzenegger. Schwarzenegger gives himself over to directors, the Rock does not.
    “It's a big difference between the rock and Schwarzenegger.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Planet of the Apes with Matt Singer · 1:43:30 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. theme (comparison): Tom Cruise → Dwayne Johnson. Cruise treats himself like the Rock: put him in a legal thriller and you wait for him to punch through a table.
    “what's happened to him over the last 10 years or so is he is treating himself as if he is the rock.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:32:44 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Dwayne Johnson: At WrestleMania the Rock lit a nine-foot sign of his name with a flamethrower and held the crowd for minutes without a word.
    “he managed to string that out for about 7 or 8 minutes without saying a word”
    The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting With My Family’ | Interview (Ep. 130) · 0:37:32 · Stephen Merchant (0.95 sure it was them)