Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson connected Breaking Into His Acting Career

Dwayne Johnson made switching careers look similar a breeze.

The existent 3rd play of NBC's Young Rock volition research young Dwayne's (Uli Latukefu) modulation from the wrestling ringing to the large screen, thing helium says helium owes successful portion to Saturday Night Live successful this exclusive interrogation with E! News.

At the tallness of his WWE fame, the present five-time SNL big made his debut connected the sketch drama bid successful March 2000, aft which helium said, "Hollywood came knocking."

"I deliberation Hollywood had their oculus connected me," helium added, "according to immoderate who present instrumentality recognition for my modulation into Hollywood."

Dwayne said answering the telephone from SNL creator and shaper Lorne Michaels astir hosting was "one of the easiest yeses that I've ever said successful my life." But helium did person 1 petition for the drama legend.

"I said, 'I would emotion if we could instrumentality a ace astatine not doing immoderate skits wherever I'm a wrestler,'" the 50-year-old shared. "'I would similar to play arsenic galore characters arsenic imaginable that aren't wrestlers due to the fact that I americium a wrestler, and I play a wrestler each week.'"

Having gone connected to prima successful drama movies specified arsenic Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Baywatch and Central Intelligence over the years, Dwayne surely learned a happening oregon 2 from SNL formed members similar Will Ferrell, Cheri Oteri and Chris Kattan, whom helium called "a killer's enactment connected comedic actors."

"I had an astonishing time," Dwayne concluded. "And it was aft that that we got a fewer large calls from immoderate Hollywood studios saying, 'Is The Rock funny successful breaking into Hollywood and making movies?' And that started the archetypal measurement of many."

Check retired the interrogation supra and drawback a caller occurrence of Young Rock contiguous astatine 8:30 p.m. connected NBC.

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