The wrestler-turned-actor has just posted on social media a photo featuring him struggling from being choked for real by UFC veteran-turned-actor/stuntman Jason Day.
- Oct 3, 2017
AceShowbiz - The more real the better! Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was choked for real when filming a fighting sequence for his upcoming action thriller "Skyscraper". The 45-year-old muscled actor has just taken to his Instagram account to share a photo from the set that shows him struggling from getting choked by UFC veteran-turned-actor/stuntman Jason William Day.
"Night night. The glaze you see over my eyes as Im about to pass out is real. As is how deep this rear naked choke is sunk in by @UFC veteran turned actor/stuntman @jasonwilliamday," so Johnson explains in the caption. He reveals that "in our action thriller #SkyscraperMovie I barely survive everything that's thrown my way. Including this fight."
Johnson continues in the caption, "First take when Jason slapped this rear naked on me, I knew right away, holy s**t, this brother is sinking it in." The wrestler-turned-actor says, "I thought f**k it, the more real the better, it'll be great for the movie. After every take Jason would always ask if everything was ok with the choke. I said everything was great."
"Our director, Rawson Thurber called me and Jason over to the monitor to watch playback of the scene," the actor continues sharing, "Rawson and Jason were happy and felt we got it, but I said, let's take one more crack at this. Before I walked away I whispered to Rawson, I'm gonna let him hold the choke longer, just keep shooting."
Johnson concludes in his post, "After the take was done and I got my senses back and SLOWLY got up, me and Jason hugged like grateful gentlemen." He praises Day as saying, "He's a real class act and bad ass. A pleasure getting my hands dirty with a real fighter."
"Skyscraper" is set for a July 13, 2018 release in theaters across the nation. Also written and co-produced by Rawson Marshall Thurber, the film's logline is being kept under wraps. But it's been described as an adventure thriller that takes place in a mega-skyscraper set in China. It also stars Neve Campbell, Pablo Schreiber, Chin Han, Byron Mann, Hannah Quinlivan, Noah Taylor and Roland Moller among others.
