2024 has been a busy year for Dwayne Johnson! After starring in the second installment of the hit animated series Moana, the actor is all set to bring a twist to the holiday season with his upcoming film Red One alongside Chris Evans, JK Simmons, Lucy Liu, Kiernan Shipka and others.
Speaking to Filmfare, the actor talked about his love for Bollywood films and recalled his experience of working with Priyanka Chopra Jonas while working on Baywatch. “I have worked with Priyanka before and we had a great time shooting that film (Baywatch). And I liked the idea of making a Bollywood film,” he said.
Johnson further said that he will talk about expansion in India and how big a market India is. “There’s Hollywood and then there’s Bollywood,” he insists. The Citadel actress played the antagonist Victoria Leeds, while Johnson, Zac Efron, Kelly Rohrbach, Alexandra Daddario, John Bass and Ilfenesh Hadera played lifeguards.
The film was one of Chopra Jonas’ first big-banner Hollywood films. However, the actress eventually became a part of several big franchises, including the hit sci-fi franchise The Matrix in the 2021 film The Matrix Resurrections.
During a press interaction at the 2024 Red Sea International Film Festival, the actress talked about her attraction towards the sci-fi franchise and how it piqued her interest in filmmaking. “You can’t escape The Matrix, can you? It changed cinema for us,” he admitted.
“I remember when I saw it, and I saw it in the theater in the old days, and it was almost like magic; It was like, ‘How do we make this in the movies?'” she continued.
As for Johnson, he plays Santa’s security chief Callum Drift in the star-studded holiday season film Red One. He reluctantly joins Chris Evans’ Jack O’Malley to help him locate and return Santa Claus (Simmons) before Christmas. The official synopsis reads, “After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the head of security at the North Pole must team up with a notorious hacker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.”
