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Tuesday, September 4, 2012
PANIC! / Film / Crime
The Rock: A True American British Hero
Posted by Erik Henriksen on Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:59 AM
The Sun's piece is perfect, so I'm just going turn this incredible story about Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson—my hero, your hero, everyone's hero—on over to them:
Film action hero The Rock single-handedly tackled a gang of burglars on the set of his latest movie.
The 40-year-old former wrestler sprang into action when the youths tried breaking into vans containing expensive equipment in Hackney, East London.
The Rock—real name Dwayne Johnson—was dressed as an FBI agent while filming The Fast and the Furious 6 in a neighbouring warehouse and caught sight of the thieves trying to force locks.
When he clocked what was happening, the 6ft 5ins, 20-stone star left filming in the middle of a battle sequence and charged at the hoodies waving his fake police badge.
The youths were so shocked that they stopped what they were doing and fled empty-handed. (Via.)
What did The Rock have to say about his extraordinary actions? As usual, he was charmingly humble.
All I'm saying is that Sir Rock has a pretty nice ring to it.
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