Apparently The Rock was late ON AVERAGE 7-8 hours per day for his latest movie. Also he's just called Dwayne Johnson now - Check out this report about how he made a christmas movie cost $250 Million

“On set, away from his trailer, if he needs to pee, he doesn’t go to the public bathroom,” one insider who knows the movie star well said. “He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it.”

Big rumblings happening in Hollywood piss markets.

Wow Mr. Big Shot Hollywood has to piss in a $250 water bottle while the rest of us working stiffs have to piss in gallon jugs.
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His acting career started with a no dialog cameo on voyager

now he doesn't even show up and they're still paying for him

Stone Cold Rock Bottom's Jeri Ryan's stunt double was not something I ever expected to see when I first started watching trek.
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not reading this article but this means it was likely everyone on set probably got OT while waiting around for him

He's been known for being hours late for a couple years now. A major diva, overall shitty person to work with.

Can you smell what the Rock is cooking? Piss. It's piss. Maybe seasoned with some asparagus???

He worked 5-6 hours days, which if he was 7-8 hours late for, then that means the expectation was that work days are 13 hours days. So critical support, I also would have said fuck that you'll get my 5-6.

That's all kinds of normal for a film set. As far as being an actor a lot of that time is spent just kinda being available when they get around to needing you as well. He would probably be spending a decent amount of that time vibing in his trailer doing whatever he wants while they set up shots and whatever. If there's any exterior shooting you need to do things at the right time cause the sun moves and that fucks up your lighting and continuity. It's also just a massive massive pain in the ass for the people working for a pay check on set cause the time wasted on a rich actor being late could mean the production going over schedule and them missing out on the next gig they had lined up. Making movies is fucking miserable and it's amazing that anyone does it even for lots of money
- Making films is miserable in the way it's set up today but seeing the final product of something you nearly died making is extremely satisfying lol
- you need to do things at the right time cause the sun moves and that fucks up your lighting and continuity
  Lmao you just reminded of a shoot I was on where it suddenly started snowing
  
  When it finally stopped the police started some action in the building next to ours, fucking up all the sound
  
  We had the place for two days and that was those days
  
  Hold for plane
- Yes, exactly. And if even one actor is pushing back, even in his own selfish way, critical support to any resistance at all.
I mean, he took the job knowing the hours. There's a lot of industries I don't work in because the hours are wack. It's not like he's some poor soul with no options forced into a malicious contract
- You're right, and he's an (unfortunately) in demand actor with enough leverage to get a way with this. I absolutely would prefer that he use that leverage to gain better working conditions for the whole set, but extremely critically, I support at least one asshole pushing back against the insane working conditions Hollywood has. Tangentially, this is the same critical support I'd give Chappell Roan for not endorsing Kamala Harris.
- Not at all, they would be 13 hour days even if he showed up on time, that’s pretty much just the standard on filming days. Work/Life balance for anyone around movie production is ridiculous.
12 hour days is the norm on a movie set

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While what I'm gonna say is too friendly to capital, it would feel more right for big stars to have to pay everyone else's wages for wasting everyone's time being a diva.
Maybe more reasonably, productions should be less penny pinching in the first place and maybe The Rock Does Christmas doesn't need to exist.

Money is a nonphysical neurotoxin

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How do I read the article without paying?

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you don't. just make assumptions about it because The Rock isn't a real person anyway.
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i don't think he'll drop the nickname. even if he tries, the public won't let him. he's one of the few actual celebrities left. he gets millions of dollars to barely act in movies because your parents recognize his name. how exactly is a guy named "dwayne" gonna do that?