Dwayne Johnson Says Controversy Over Set Behavior Is BS, Chris Evans Defends Him

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Dwayne Johnson Says Controversy Over Set Behavior Is 'Bulls---' but Admits to Peeing in Bottles and Being Late to Filming: 'Yeah, That Happens' https://t.co/cJJCYAiLju
- Variety (@Variety) November 11, 2024
Dwayne Johnson is on damage control and speaks with GQ about the reports he is unprofessional on film sets

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[zibbydoo324]

I read the original article just now and the 100k giveaway wasn’t done in a benevolent benefactor way. It was a weekly raffle and he would bump the pot up sometimes.

On many movie productions there is something called Five-Dollar Fridays, in which the cast and crew buy raffle tickets and at the end of the day they pull someone’s name out. Actors are not generally in the running, but they are expected to contribute. Anyway there was a day-“I mean Dwayne did it all the time,” Evans says, “but there was one day, and I’m really not exaggerating about this. I forget what the number was. The pot was up to four or five grand or something, and before they pulled the name out, Dwayne said, ‘What’s the pot at right now?’ And someone said, ‘I don’t know, four grand.’ And he said, ‘Let’s call it 20.’ And they pulled out a name and whoever won was losing it.”

Then, Evans says, “Dwayne said, ‘You know what? Should we do it again? How about 30 this time?’ Everyone goes nuts. And then he says, ‘You know what? How about one more?’ And it was 50. I think on one Friday, Dwayne gave away something like close to a hundred thousand dollars.”

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🤮 I didn’t think it was, but this is somehow even worse than what I imagined. “Look at all these little people going nuts for money! Let’s entertain ourselves more!”

People got money, so whatever. But, wtf is wrong with Evans to think this was a nice lil tale to be shared?

[howlin_wolf_66]

I mean, it IS a nice tale, if people got money?

Just because he wasn't necessarily doing it for altruistic reasons doesn't take away the difference it made to people's lives.