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  • How Bradley Constant Went From Working at a Grocery Store to Playing Dwayne Johnson

    7 days ago - By Pop Sugar

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    Bradley Constant, 22, had just finished a shift at a grocery store when he found out that he would soon be playing an integral part in the telling of Dwayne Johnson's life story. "I came home and I was playing X-Box," Constant told me. "I got a call from my rep who said, 'Hi, am I speaking to the one who is starring as Dwayne Johnson at 15 years old in the new show Young Rock ?'"
    Constant stars as a teenage Johnson in the NBC series Young Rock , an autobiographical sitcom about the 48-year-old actor's formative years. Not only does the project mark Constant's first major television...
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  • Yes, Young Rock Is Actually Based on Dwayne Johnson's Life

    Yes, Young Rock Is Actually Based on Dwayne Johnson's Life

    7 days ago - By Pop Sugar

    Dwayne Johnson's new show, Young Rock , premiered on NBC on Tuesday night, and many fans are wondering whether it's based on a true story. Well, the short answer to that is yes.
    Even though the show takes place in the year 2032 and Johnson isn't actually running for president in real life , Young Rock is an autobiographical sitcom that highlights real-life events from the actor's formative years.
    "All these stories, finally, we started thinking, 'I wonder if there's value in creating a show that has the lens of comedy, but to be able to share the life lessons I've learned,'" Johnson...
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