In the lead-up to the release of Dwayne Johnson's upcoming movie Red One, The Rock met a ton of fans in London this week, and it amounted to a really sweet moment between him and a young fan. The WWE pro turned Hollywood star has been getting ready for the Red One's release on the 2024 movie schedule by promoting it around the world, and when a 13-year-old boy cried when they met, Johnson shared why he was “really moved” by the interaction. Dwayne Johnson met a ton of young fans on Wednesday alongside his Red One co-stars Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and J.
K. Simmons. Check out what happened while he met with fans and signed posters: A post shared by Dwayne Johnson (@therock) A photo posted by on The Rock had 13-year-old Ricky in tears when he came up to him and struck up a conversation.
Ricky told Johnson he’s a professional actor too, which had him suggesting one day they can work together. The actor gave him a hug, but that wasn’t the end of the interaction. Later, he grabbed J.
K. Simmons to meet Ricky too! The boy got even more emotional as he spoke to Simmons about his love for his work in Spider-Man and Whiplash . In response, Simmons quipped that his latest role as a ripped Santa Claus is “a much nicer guy.
” The adorable moment not only made it onto Dwayne Johnson’s Instagram , and the actor also shared that the interaction meant a lot to him. In his words: I’m always really moved when young boys cry in front of me. Stops me in my tracks because, us boys never.