Dwayne Johnson Defines His Version of True Masculinity: 'Asking for Help Is Actually a Superpower'

Dwayne Johnson isn’t afraid to ask for help when he needs it.

The actor choked when talking to him Entertainment Weekly about Moana 2 when he said, “The idea of ​​asking for help is actually a superpower.”

“Masculinity, to me, is not being tough. It’s not being bad,” continued Johnson, 52. “Powerful masculinity is having the confidence to look inside and say, ‘This is how I feel and it’s okay. Here’s my chest. distribute them to someone who can help me”.

When he was offered the role of the demigod character Maui, who he first voiced in 2016. Moana“I was like, ‘OK, I know who this is,'” Johnson said EW. The actor previously dealt with conflicting messages about vulnerability while growing up and dealing with loss in his own life,

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Dwayne Johnson’s character, Maui, d Moana 2 (2024).

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“This guy who’s very presentable, who puts on a show, who likes to hold the ground and sing and dance and make people feel good,” he continued. “But there’s a lot that’s brewing deep inside him that he’s going to have to fight at the end because it’s like a ball you’re holding under water. Eventually, you have to let the ball go and it’s going to explode.”

Johnson says his portrayal of Maui, both in the original animated film and its upcoming sequel, “is an important moment for people to see that you can be strong, big, independent, but it’s okay to ask for help,” he said.

“When you finally ask for help, the universe and your loved ones have a way of reaching out. Even the strongest people need help,” added the actor and father of three.

Johnson reunites with Moana herself, Auli’i Cravalho Moana 2which “starts with Maui getting into trouble like he usually does,” he said EW.

But this time, Maui and Moana are “much more friends,” Cravalho, 23, said EW: “There’s not that much hierarchy and power between a demigod and a human. He trusts her to make the big decisions, and she trusts Maui to listen to her.”

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