Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Addresses Claims About Being Late, Peeing in Bottles on Set

In an interview with GQ for its Males of the Yr difficulty, the actor addressed claims that he was repeatedly late to set, allegedly costing manufacturing tens of millions, and spoke out concerning the allegations that he would urinate in water bottles as a substitute of going to the restroom with a purpose to save time.

In April 2024, TheWrap revealed an article claiming Johnson’s alleged tardiness on the set of Crimson One added $50 million to its finances, with the movie reportedly finally costing $250. The article claimed Johnson was typically as much as eight hours late to set, and in addition peed in water bottles, which crew members allegedly needed to eliminate.

When requested concerning the piece, Johnson, 52, introduced up the declare that “I pee in a bottle” himself, including, “Yeah. That occurs.”

As for the allegations of him being commonly late to set, he mentioned, “Yeah, that occurs too. However not that quantity, by the way in which. That was a bananas quantity. That is loopy. Ridiculous.”

Johnson went on to name the controversy “bulls–t,” later including that he is not afraid to take accountability for his actions.

“I’ve mentioned a thousand occasions: ‘Hey, I am right here. Come and ask me. And I will inform you the reality,'” he advised GQ.

In the meantime, Crimson One director Jake Kasdan and Johnson’s costar, Chris Evans, each got here to his protection.

“[He’s] by no means missed a day of labor ever. He has so much occurring. He will be late typically, however such is Hollywood — that is the case with everyone,” Kasdan advised GQ. “Actually, I’ve made three massive motion pictures with him. I’ve by no means seen him be something however nice to each single particular person on the set.”

Evans mentioned TheWrap’s claims about Johnson didn’t match up along with his expertise working with him.

“By way of the man that I noticed, in comparison with among the issues I’ve seen on different motion pictures with different actors who should not solely not aware of different folks’s time and efforts, however they’re unpredictable? I discovered Dwayne to be — everyone knows precisely what he’s going to do when he’s going to do it,” the actor mentioned, including that Johnson would work out each morning earlier than arriving on set, claiming everybody was conscious of it.

“However that is one thing that the producers, the director, and it is all his group, so all of them know this,” Evans added. “So it is all fundamental. It’s not like he is late unexpectedly, and I would not even name it late. He is available in barely in a while sure mornings, nevertheless it’s a part of the plan. It’s labored into the schedules and everybody is aware of it, so he exhibits up when he is scheduled to indicate up.”

Evans, 43, additionally shared a narrative about Johnson, seemingly for example of his true character. The Avengers star recalled how his costar allegedly typically contributed to a raffle on set, known as 5-Greenback Fridays, during which the crew purchases raffle tickets, earlier than a reputation is finally chosen out of the bunch.

“I imply Dwayne did it on a regular basis,” Evans advised GQ, “however there was someday, and I am actually not exaggerating about this. I neglect what the quantity was. The pot was as much as 4 or 5 grand or one thing, and earlier than they pulled the title out, Dwayne mentioned, ‘What is the pot at proper now?’ And somebody mentioned, ‘I do not know, 4 grand.’ And he mentioned, ‘Let’s name it 20.’ And so they pulled out a reputation and whoever gained was dropping it.”

“Dwayne [then] mentioned, ‘ what? Ought to we do it once more? How about 30 this time?’ Everybody goes nuts. After which he says, ‘ what? How about yet another?’ And it was 50. I feel on one Friday, Dwayne gave away one thing like near 100 thousand {dollars}.”

Learn extra from Johnson’s GQ profile right here. Crimson One is in theaters Friday.