Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - New Zealand's Interview With Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson!

Episode Date: October 19, 2022

To celebrate the new Black Adam movie, we travelled to LA to catch up with Ben's hero for New Zealand's exclusive interview.... what happened next will amaze you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Hits, with a bonus podcast from Jono and Ben. About damn time, about damn time for Dwayne The Rock Johnson. He's my hero. We keep banging on about the fact that he's my hero, but he plays a superhero in the comic book movie Black Adam. It's smashing into cinemas today. And about a year and a half ago, this was in the middle of the pandemic, we talked to him over Zoom for an interview.

I showed him my I love Dwayne The Rock Johnson heart tattoo on my behind, but we didn't think that he would remember us when we went to LA about a week ago. We were walking into a fancy hotel room to sit down with Dwayne The Rock Johnson, heart tattoo on my behind. But we didn't think that he would remember us when we went to L.A. about a week ago. We were walking into a fancy hotel room to sit down with Dwayne The Rock Johnson. He'd done four days of interviews. You walk in, there's like about 32 people in the room, aren't they? And they all look very busy, very important. They've all got things in their ears and they talk to each other. They look like high-end security.

So we walked into the room, the two of us, to talk to Dwayne The Rock Johnson. Here's what happened in L.A. You guys, how you doing? high-end security. So we walked into the room, the two of us, to talk to Dwayne the Rogue Johnson. Here's what happened in L.A. You guys, how you doing? How are you? Yes, thank you. All right, good to see you. Good to see you. You that way.

John, I'm here. Got to get around the role, eh? Let's go ahead and start rolling. Last time we connected was, remind me again. Jungle Cruise. It was last year, right? Yeah, it was. And it was a surprise.

It was a surprise on me. Yeah, it was. Do you remember what he's got on his head? Just need to sleep from you guys. The tattoo. Sorry. Yeah, we're going to show it. Hey, so nice to see you.

We've come all the way from New Zealand. New Zealand's very excited about the movie. I love it. Good. And we've got questions from Kiwis to play for you on the iPad. Oh, I love it. It's going to be like Black Adam, full of action, fast-paced. Yeah, well, hold on, Liz. Hold on, wait a second. Let's acknowledge what we've got questions from Kiwis to play for you on the iPad. Oh, I love it. It's going to be like Black Adam, full of action, fast-paced. Yeah, well, hold on, Liz.

Hold on, wait a second. Let's acknowledge what we've got to acknowledge before the interview ends. There's an elephant in the room. There's an elephant in the room, and I love it. We'll show everybody when we're done. Okay, well, we'll get to that, the last thing, when we get told to wrap up. All right, all right. I could tell you were kind of looking at him going, is he that weird guy? I know you.

Have we got history? Good history. Great for me. I don't know about you. Dwayne, if there's people around here that can enforce restraining orders, use them. I got you. Yeah, there's many. We call them my logistics team. But obviously, Black Adam, putting on that suit for the first time must have been

pretty surreal because you've wanted to do this for a while. This has been a 10 plus year project of pushing this project along, man. And fighting for this one. And this is all, this is my passion project. So by the time I put the suit on, it was a real moment. Black suits, speaking of people in black suits, the All Blacks.

Famous New Zealand team, Dan Carter, legendary All Black. Here's a question for you. The All Blacks. Could you use a little bit of your size and strength right now. So when Ian Foster, the head coach of the All Blacks, gives you a call next year to get you into the team for the Rugby World Cup, we'd love to know what rugby position you'd play. Oh, man.

Give me an idea. You played as a kid a little bit, didn't you? When I lived in New Zealand, we lived in Auckland, Grey Lynn, in that area, and I played a little Oh, man. Give me an idea. You played as a kid a little bit, didn't you? When I lived in New Zealand, we lived in Auckland, Grey Lynn, in that area, and I played a little bit, yeah. Got my ass kicked all over the place. You'd be probably like a number eight already, a strong number eight. Well, give me an idea of what number eight,

remind me of what number eight is. Big, muscly, handsome. Big, muscly, handsome, fast. Seems like you. Fast, yeah. Are you fast? Of course I'm fast. Come on, I'm everything. Sorry, sorry. Jeez, I've already offended him again, haven't I? So, I'm fast. Come on. I'm everything.

Sorry, sorry. Jeez, I've already offended him again, haven't I? So I'd be a number eight. Yeah, I reckon number eight would be good for you. Does number eight win the games? Well, yeah. Yeah, sure, why not? Yeah.

Yes, yes, you do. You do, absolutely. Okay, I'll be a number eight. Tell Dan I appreciate the question. I'll be a number eight. Music, obviously Black Adam, great soundtrack. Saw you working out in the gym, toured the other day. We've got 660, the New Zealand's biggest band. They, obviously Black Adam, great soundtrack. Saw you working out in the gym, too, the other day.

We've got 660, they're New Zealand's biggest band. They've got a question for you. Alright. What's up, Rook? 660 here. Now, look, we know you love songs like Smackdown Hotel and It Doesn't Matter, but we want to know what your go-to karaoke songs are. Yeah, and how do we get our songs on that list?

Uh, karaoke, it would be, um, let's see. Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight? No, no, no. It's not teen karaoke. It's my karaoke. Should I go?

Okay, so you grew up in New Zealand. Tell those guys thank you for asking that. That's awesome. Obviously, in New Zealand, you talked about going to Richmond Road School. And, Gray Lynn, we've got the principal, Jackie. She's got a question for you. OK. Tā lofa.

Kia ora. Tā lofa. Dwayne, The Rock. Jackie Tutavake, Tumawaki Principal here at Richmond Road School. Te kura ora, Timana. My question for you is, tell us about a memory while you were here in New Zealand and hopefully while you were here at Richmond Road School.

Oh, many memories. Yeah, absolutely. Family. I mean, it would come down to family because I, only child. But when we went to New Zealand, we were living with my grandfather's family, Haichi Peter Maivia. And that was for the first time I was really exposed to, like, a large Samoan family where we were just, we all lived together in this house in Grey Lynn. And it was really beautiful. So I would say family. And then we say in Samoan, ainga.

Awesome. No, we need to go through this last bit quick. Okay, you're a superhero in the middle. How much time do we have? Three minutes. Let's double it. Oh, shit. Oh, wow. No, I'm only kidding. No, time do we have? Let's double it. Oh, shit. Oh, wow.

No, I'm only kidding. No, I'm kidding. No, we'll double it. We'll double it. These people are like, you're kidding me, Dwayne. No, we're good. I'm having fun. There we go, Dwayne Johnson.

Extending the time. Ruining the schedule of the hardworking movie people. But how awesome of that. That means we've got more of Dwayne the Rock Johnson next, including an idea that you had that I didn't know about. Yes, it was to get your buttock signed by Dwayne himself and then get it tattooed. Will he do it?

Will we get kicked out? And how tight is Ben's bottom? We'll find out next. Yeah, you're a superhero in this movie. You're learning to be a superhero. And you are a superhero in real life to many people. Yeah, Angelo wrote you a letter last year on behalf of his father's movement. And you wrote back to them.

And he's got a question. You probably recognise him. Ta lo fa, Uncle Rock. It's me, Angelo, and my dad. Yeah. We just want to say thank you for supporting our She Is Not Your Rehab campaign. I have a question, though. We know you are playing a superhero in Black Adam,

but we wanted to know who your superhero is. Who's your hero? My hero is my mom. She's my mom. She's been the rock of the family forever and been through it, ups and downs. And I think, if I'm not mistaken, I think his mom passed away.

His dad's mom, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, so fortunately my mom's still with us, and she's still the rock, but yeah, man, she's my hero. Well, speaking of family, we tracked down your cousin, Crit. Yeah. He's your cousin. And we did some pretty intense stalking.

Stuff we don't want to talk about anymore. Probably not on camera. But he's got a question that relates to your family. Hey, what's up, Dwayne? So our question is, what is one of your favorite things about your mom and one of your favorite things about your dad? Oh, see? Yeah, so he brought up my mom.

My favorite thing about my mom is, well, let me start with my dad first. My favorite thing about my dad, my dad passed away two years ago, but my favorite thing about my mom is well let me start with my dad first my favorite thing about my dad my dad passed away two years ago but my favorite thing about my dad is his ability to come into any situation any room my dad was a pro wrestler and uh who used to wrestle in by the way new zealand for steve for steve ricard and my dad's ability to come into a room and take over the room with this big personality and make everybody feel really, make everybody feel great

and make everybody feel important. My dad did that. He also did some other shit, too. That's not good? But my mom, what I love most about my mom is she's just always so kind and literally the happiest person. And she could be, even at the times we were really going through it and having some hard times, she was always just, she has this light and this mana about her, man.

Well, everyone we've spoken to today, things you've mentioned, they're the traits. They're the things that make people talk about you. You make everyone feel important, special. Opposite of what we make anyone feel like. I'm the complete opposite, yeah. But you're doing great. That's nice. You look great in the suit.

Obviously, Black Adam. Now, Shana is New Zealand's strongest woman. She's got a question for you. Oh, wow. This is Shana, New Zealand's strongest woman here. I wanted to show you how I lift the rock at home. I wanted to ask you, how often do you train? I love that question.

Tell Shane, I train six days a week. Six. Six days a week. Monday through, well, six days a week. Sometimes they switch on what days I train, what body parts,

but six days a week. Well, because, yeah, Black Adam slept for 5,000 years. Yeah. And then he woke up. We've got a question from Mike McRoberts. He hosts the news in New Zealand. Mike McRoberts here from News Hub.

Listen, I want the inside scoop. How do you manage to fit it all in? I mean, how many hours sleep do you normally get? Oh, listen. They've never said that to me. They're like, is there more? See, the opposite. We're the opposite again.

I'm like, I'm trying. I'm going. It's hard. This is why I couldn't fill out the blackout. How often are you sleeping? You must be right. I don't even remember. How many hours a night do you sleep?

How often do you sleep? I don't sleep enough. So I sleep maybe night do you sleep? How often do you sleep? I don't sleep enough. So I sleep maybe, on average, maybe four or five hours. Wow. I think it's important, as busy as we are, and I'm sure you guys know the same thing, it's like you've got to surround yourself with people who are aligned with what you want to accomplish

and what your goals are. And what has helped me do as much as I'm able to do is really finding people who are a lot smarter than I am and surrounding myself with them. And I have a good ability to be able to say, I like that, go there. Let's not do that, do this. I could come in and close decisions pretty good. And you made this decision to talk to us. Was that on you? It was on me. Well, thank you so much.

Actually, sorry, we've got one more quick question. Yeah, let's do it. Let me see. Hi, Dwayne Johnson. It's me, Jono. You might recognize me from sitting opposite you so much. Actually, sorry, we've got one more quick question. Yeah, let's see. Let me see. Hi, Dwayne Johnson. It's me, Jono. You might recognise me from sitting opposite you right now. The handsome guy. Yeah, that's me. Hey, quick question.

Does it weird you out that my friend Ben over there has a tattoo of your name and a love heart on his buttock? And how uncomfortable does it make you feel that he's in the room with you right now? Thanks. Look at that. It all depends. We're going to have to show it, Ben. We're going to have to show the tattoo. Here we go. The cameras are all moving. Here we go. What does that say? Dwayne the Rock Johnson.

Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Do I tense? Do I clench? What am I? How is it looking right now? Well, you don't have to do anything because I think you did enough. Now, I had a dream that, imagine if your signature was nearby. Oh, you want me to sign that? Is that okay? I feel like this is a prostate exam or something. How many of those have you gone through? Not enough.

Keep going. Is he actually signing your name or something else? Yeah, no, it's big. It's big too. Is it big? It is. Is it big? It is.

You could have gone with like an aerial Size 6 It's right across the back Perfect That was a lot of fun Thank you brother Thank you guys That was a lot of fun Thank you