Dwayne Johnson Confirms He Wore Bodysuit For Are living-Motion ‘Moana’

Don’t fear other people, even Dwayne Johnson wishes somewhat lend a hand coming into godly form.

Consistent with an interview with Additional, the Moana actor showed suspicions that he could be dressed in a muscle go well with to play the demigod Maui within the live-action model of Disney‘s Moana.

“That’s a go well with that took a very long time to place on,” Johnson mentioned when requested if he needed to muscle up (much more) to correctly painting the position. “So, I’m so satisfied you mentioned, ‘You bulked up,’ as a result of while you say, ‘You bulked up,’ that implies you couldn’t inform.”

Enthusiasts started speculating prior to now week after paparazzi pictures of Johnson and the others on set frequently leaked — together with one appearing Johnson coated in Maui’s signature tattoos and carrying a shoulder-to-waist ratio that gave the impression extraordinarily inconceivable even for the former skilled wrestler.

 “We shot outdoor and when the ones photos surfaced, I used to be like, ‘Shit, we were given stuck,’ purpose we had been placing up, like, partitions so there was once no paparazzi,” Johnson added. “However they were given into boats and began capturing photos.”

The inside track comes amid the continued press excursion for Moana 2, which was once launched in theaters on Wednesday. The movie selections up the place the 2016 unique left off, following Moana, the daughter of a village leader handpicked by means of the sea to reconnect her other people to their heritage. The live-action model of Moana can be one of the crucial newest in Disney’s constant strikes to liberate live-action variations in their most well liked motion pictures, together with Lilo & Stitch, The Lion King, and Snow White.

Johnson voiced Maui within the 2016 unique animated movie and can reprise his position along franchise newcomer Catherine Laga’aia within the remake, which is these days set to premiere on July 10, 2026. Enthusiasts anxiously ready can be expecting to peer reasonable recreations of the movie’s most renowned scenes and Academy Award-nominated songs — along a muscle suit-clad Johnson. Magical demigods, they’re identical to us.