Watch 'Jumanji' Star Dwayne Johnson Scare Kevin Hart and Fight a 350-Pound Stuntman
Appropriately, Dwayne Johnson seems to be treating the set of Jumanji like a giant adventure game. The busy actor and Sexiest Man Alive has posted some new behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the upcoming fantasy film, a follow-up to the 1995 Robin Williams movie about kids whose lives are upended by a magical board game. Over the weekend, Johnson posted action-packed shots of a big fight scene in an exotic locale, as well as a video of him spooking his co-star Kevin Hart with a poisonous snake.
On Instagram, The Rock wrote about his excitement for Saturday night’s big fight scene, featuring stuntman and MMA fighter Tait Fletcher. “Been shooting #Jumanji for months now and I’ve been waiting patiently for this night to come,” he wrote alongside a photo of himself getting ready to throw a punch at Fletcher (above). “For months we’ve shot everything.. all the comedy, all the jungle action and all the heart. Finally, tonight — Saturday night — all night — I get to knuckle up with my stunt brothers and I get to beat some a — like a drum.”
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Here’s the video of Johnson psyching up the crew and Hart for the big scene. (Warning: strong language.)
A video posted by therock (@therock) on Dec 4, 2016 at 6:25pm PST
In another photo, below, Johnson showed himself rehearsing with two stuntmen. “I’m searching for a good spot to break his leg with one shot,” he wrote. “This scene also looks like what happens when too many drugs are taken at a party. Just say no.”
A third picture, below, showed Johnson tossing a stuntman across a room. “For the record, this man is roughly 6’8 and well over 350lbs — he’s massive and mean — I must run away now to preserve my health,” the actor joked in the caption.
Also this weekend, Johnson posted this video of Hart with another of their co-stars: a very scary snake. “In #Jumanji Kev’s character is a brilliant Zoologist who has to defang a deadly Black Mamba which I’m holding here in this rehearsal as our director Jake Kasdan and crew look on,” Johnson wrote. “Kev in real life HATES spiders, centipedes and of course snakes and he’s already extremely skittish cause I’ve been f*cking with him for months with creepy crawly things on set.”
A video posted by therock (@therock) on Dec 3, 2016 at 9:24am PST
Jumanji is scheduled to open on December 22, 2017.
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