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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Young Rock!

NBC premieres Young Rock.

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson premieres his semi-autobiographical comedy Young Rock on NBC.

The former wrestler turned actor and business mogul premiered his show on Tuesday. As Johnson run for president in 2032, he takes a comedic look back at his extraordinary life through the outrageous stories of his family and youth that shaped him into the man he is today.

Johnson who is seriously considering a run for president in the future is hoping to get fans a look into his life growing up. 

He is the son of famed wrestler Rocky Johnson. Rocky (born Wayde Douglas Bowles) was an Canadian-American wrestler, actor and businessman. He is one of the first Black champions in WWE (formerly World Wrestling Federation's) history.

Johnson's mother is Ata Maivia. Rocky had kept frugal lifestyle. While married to his first wife Una Sparks, Rocky would adopt this farces about moving around to build his career while secretly heading back to Nova Scotia to see his wife. 

In the sitcom, it tells the stories of Dwayne being a bright eyed kid who wanted to be big like his dad.

The series covers his childhood, his teenage years and his adulthood. Before he became The Rock, he was then a young man struggling to find his place.

In the series premiere, Johnson is interviewed by comedian Randall Park and he's telling him about how he's just an "ordinary guy" who wants to open the world to his life.

The cast includes Johnson himself as the narrator.

Dwayne Johnson takes you through his youth. He shares his life in a semi-autobiographical comedy called Young Rock.

It also has Adrian Groulx as 10-year old Dwayne, Bradley Constant as 15-year old Dwayne and Uli Latukefu as 20-year old Dwayne.

Stacey Leilua plays his mother Ata, Joseph Lee Anderson plays Rocky Johnson and Ana Tuisila plays Lia Maivia. Also staring in the sitcom is John Tui and Fasitua Amosa.

Three different actors had to play Johnson. He wanted to document his most prominent years growing up. The show is executive produced by Brian Gewirtz, Nahnatchka Khan, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Jeff Chiang, Jennifer Carreras and Johnson.

The production companies is Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions, Fierce Baby Productions and Universal Television.

Rotten Tomatoes says the series has a rating of 88% and it's met with generally favorable reviews.


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