In the last few decades, the guy who used to fight professionally has become one of the biggest names in the entertainment business. For a long time, he was even called the “king of the box office.” In the late 1990s and early 2000s, he started out as an actor with small parts in TV shows like That ’70s Show and Star Trek:Voyager.
His first big break came in 2001, when he was cast in a movie. He played a big part in The Mommy Returns, and it wasn’t long before he got his first major role. This was in The Scorpion King, a movie from 2002.From then on, The Rock became a well-known name in the business. He went on to star in many films and appear as himself in a number of TV shows. He has been in all kinds of films, including family films like The Game Plan and Tooth Fairy, action films like Doom or G.I. Joe, disaster films like Skyscraper, and huge series like Fast & Furious, the DCU, and Jumanji.
The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s president, Courtney B. Vance, and executive director, Cyd Wilson, sent letters to the union’s highest-earning members to ask for money to help those who would be hurt the most by the strike. The actors union had decided to go on strike after weeks of talks with the AMPTP had failed to reach an agreement.
Shortly after the letter was sent, Dwayne Johnson’s team got in touch to say he wanted to help, so he and Vance got on the phone.
“It was a party of love. “It’s like, ‘Man, you’re stepping up in a way that lets other people know how important it is,'” Vance told Johnson about the A-lister’s donation to the fund. The exact amount is being kept secret, but Vance was moved by the generous act. This is him saying, ‘In such a time as this, I’m here and I’m not leaving; I’ll do whatever you need.’ And that tells a lot of people that they should do the same thing.”
Originally this article publish on Variety
