Wrestler turned actor Dwayne Johnson is likely one of the hardest working folks in present enterprise, and has turn out to be a strong producer in TV and movie. His subsequent large undertaking coming down the like is the motion/comedy Pink One, which he stars in reverse J.Ok. Simmons and Chris Evans. And the latter actor shared a narrative concerning the time Johnson Gave away 100 thousand {dollars} on a random Friday throughout filming.
What we learn about Pink One is restricted, however it appear to be it may deliver loads of motion to theaters for the Vacation Season. Whereas there’s been reviews about Johnson’s conduct on set, Chris Evans spoke to GQ a few time he was actually beneficiant along with his colleagues. The forged and crew would do one thing known as “5 Greenback Fridays”, the place they’d get raffle tickets and a member of the forged or crew would win the cash. That is when The Rock raised the stakes, as Evans shared:
I neglect what the quantity was. The pot was as much as 4 or 5 grand or one thing, and earlier than they pulled the title out, Dwayne mentioned, ‘What’s the pot at proper now?’ And somebody mentioned, ‘I don’t know, 4 grand.’ And he mentioned, ‘Let’s name it 20.’ They usually pulled out a reputation and whoever received was shedding it.
Discuss a great day at work. Whereas successful a raffle can be enjoyable sufficient, Dwayne Johnson threw in tends of hundreds {dollars} so his coworkers from Pink One may take dwelling an actual chunk of change. Seems like he actually introduced Vacation reward giving to the upcoming Christmas motion film.
Chris Evans has been defending The Rock’s conduct on the set of Pink One, though Johnson did admit that he generally pees in water bottles whereas filming. However this story exhibits the beneficiant facet of him, with the Captain America on occurring to say:
Dwayne mentioned, ‘You realize what? Ought to we do it once more? How about 30 this time?’ Everybody goes nuts. After which he says, ‘You realize what? How about yet another?’ And it was 50. I believe on one Friday, Dwayne gave away one thing like near 100 thousand {dollars}.
TGIF certainly. Whereas Johnson has made tons of cash because of his thriving profession as an actor and producer, he is not holding all of it to himself. And one can solely think about how excited the forged and crew members from Pink One who took dwelling that raffle cash should have felt.
Whereas the upcoming film was initially anticipated to be launched for these with an Amazon Prime subscription, it is now getting a full theatrical launch. Sadly, critics have not cherished Pink One. We’ll simply need to see if audiences really feel otherwise, and the way it performs on the field workplace.
All shall be revealed when Pink One hits theaters November fifteenth. For now, examine the 2025 film launch dates.