“That is a couple of hours every day of transforming,” the actor said of his Maui muscles
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is back and bigger — but only while filming!
Speaking exclusively to Extra about his upcoming role in the live-action version of Disney’s Moana, the former pro wrestler, 52, shared that his beefed-up look was part muscles, part custom-made suit.
“That’s a suit that took a long time to put on,” Johnson said of the larger-than-usual body seen in on-set photos of him in costume as the demigod Maui. “So, I’m so happy you said, ‘You bulked up,’ because when you say, ‘You bulked up,’ that means you couldn’t tell.”
Johnson previously voiced Maui in the animated Moana in 2016 and reprised the role for the upcoming Moana 2.
“That is a couple of hours every day of transforming, putting that on. We shot outside and when those pictures surfaced, I was like, ‘S—, we got caught, ’cause we were putting up, like, walls so there was no paparazzi,” Johnson told Extra. “But they got into boats and started shooting pictures. So, but I’m happy you liked it. I can’t wait. The movie comes out in 2026.”
The photos Johnson was referring to showed him dressed in traditional Hawaiian attire while walking on set on Nov. 20 — his bare chest and tribal tattoos were front and center as he wore a grass skirt.
For the Red One star, transforming into Maui made him feel at home.
“My daughters, all three of my daughters were there. That was the first time we’d all been together in a public place before,” he told the outlet of having his family present for Moana 2’s premiere in Hawaii.
