He loves what hes doing. Posts. Happy Eggplant Friday! Thank you for subscribing to Global Grind! What sticks out? Dwayne Johnson has announced the actors who will bring his younger years to life. Of course I had questions right off the bat. Tracey Bradley, right, mother of two missing girls, Tionda, 10, and Diamond, 3, speaks to the crowd gathered for the nightly prayer vigil outside their apartment complex July 14, 2001, in Chicago. Dwayne was always reasserting that, We got this and were doing it right. He gave me a good compliment the other day;of course, that makes you feel good about it. Its full-circle and pretty cool. See, Dwayne Johnson at 15, with a whole mustache and suave attitude,. Watch Young Rock Fridays at 8:30/7:30c on NBC and streami. I was working at a grocery story at the time and all of my coworkers were demanding that I shaved it. If I can come back and do this again, I will kill it. I was super hungry. The youngest boy. When we were shooting, theres Nahnatchka Khan, theres Jeff Chiang, all the producers around us, all the rest of the cast, everybody was there to support each other, and I never once felt extra pressure. Its all about, and Im sure hell say the same thing to anybody else, its not about doing The Rocks workout, its doing your own personal best. Somewhere I run and have driven past all these years. ANTHONY: When I first tuned in, it really did feel like California to me. Theres such a huge support team around me. We thought moving to New York would be moving a little bit closer to one of my brothers. I was 15 years old at that time. I grew a lot in New York. It became a regular thing and I was real proud of it. He has also appeared in other films and television shows like; a short film Under Armour(2014), a short film Famous Nobody(2013), and Following Phil(2018) as Kris. When something like that happens, youre like, Oh, whatever. Youre just doing it. Slap a mustache on the Alabama-born actor and youve basically got a Young Rock. Hes running for president and sits for a revealing, no-holds-barred TV interview in which he reflects on his life as a kid (played by Adrian Groulx) and during his University of Miami days (played by Uli Latukefu). Spoken like a true young Rock himself. I started to like it and I enjoyed trimming it in the mornings. [47] On April 30, 2021, NBC renewed the series for a second season,[2] again filmed in Australia. I wanted to constantly have fun, but I always had my mom around to remind me what my priorities are, to keep me focused. The stamp is awarded by the gender equity coalition ReFrame and industry database IMDbPro for film and television projects that are proven to have gender-balanced hiring, with stamps being awarded to projects that hire women, especially women of color, in four out of eight key roles for their production.[72]. It was really fun to play that because I got to show kind of the stress and the confusion of being 15 and dealing with the at-home pressure of family struggles being so visible to him. Constant stars as Dwayne Johnson during his formative high school years in NBC's hit comedy series "Young Rock," which . I dont really go out and do too much, especially now that all this is happening. Adrian Groulx has been given the role of 10-year-old "little Dewey" Johnson (a nickname given to Johnson by his Godparents) while Bradley Constant has been tapped to play a 15-year-old version of . Golden has also been on the cover of various fashion and lifestyle magazines. Born and raised in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Constant began taking classes and pursuing acting at the tender age of 12. Came out hereit was 2017and I just kept auditioning. Is the one on the show real? He was born on July 23, 1998, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. View phone numbers, addresses, public records, background check reports and possible arrest records for Bradley Constant. Our editorial content is not influenced by any commissions we receive. Shes the prettiest girl in school and I want to impress all the other kids and I want to be the coolest kid. So he steals clothes, hes got to find a way to get a car. Hes not just as casual runner. Bradley Constant Young Rock @nbc @peacocktv. How would you rate this article? Even those of us who havent been able to get into the entire concept can see that those who love it really do love it a lot, and there is nothing wrong with having a passion for something. This site uses cookies to serve you better. [4], Three actors were cast to play Johnson at three ages from his youth. The show is set to return this November for its third season on Fridays at 8:30 PM. [55][56], On Rotten Tomatoes, the first season has a rating of 90% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.70/10. But once we started shooting the show, having the mustache really helped me become the character more. That kind of freaked me out when I first saw it. They would go see rated R movies. The eldest, Latukefu, has just started his journey towards the WWF, while young Adrian Groulx . I have a rep that sent it to me. It felt like a five year wait. Youre not going to get in trouble. Thats a huge thing for Dwayne at that age, that stealing clothes aint right, you cant do that. You hit the ground running with these great questions for him. You know what? New York was really just a place of hope and excitement. Bradley Constant recently broke into the spotlight, starring as teenaged Dwayne Johnson during his formative high school years "kicking puberty's ass" in NBC's hit comedy series "Young Rock," which focuses on different chapters of Dwayne's life. [58], The series was one of 101 out of the 200 most-popular scripted television series that received the ReFrame Stamp for the years 2020 to 2021. We initially were planning on shooting in Los Angeles. And after that, I mean, the first movie I saw him in was Walking Tall. (AP) Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom's Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris' mother You know what? Since she was a child, Golden has been a fashion and modeling enthusiast. I was ready for Australia, he said. I think Id have a different answer if this was before I had met him. Ata Johnson cameos as a future version of herself during an interview between Dwayne and Randall, and in the season 1 finale. Usually at these auditions, you just kind of want to forget about it. You can control what you want to do about it going forward. Then I'd rush back home on the Amtrak train to make it back to school. Bradley Constant is an actor who portrays 15-year-old Dwayne Johnson in the NBC comedy series "Young Rock." Since he broke into the spotlight, all eyes are on him and his girlfriend Bella Golden. In true Tinseltown fashion, Constant's life is being rocked [pun-intended] by a starring role on a sitcom. It really felt like I was talking to my own mom. I taped up the phone to a lamp. [46] On January 15, 2021, it was announced that the series would premiere on February 16, 2021. [52] On September 30, 2020, Johnson revealed that Bradley Constant was cast as 15-year-old Johnson, Uli Latukefu as 1820-year-old Johnson, Adrian Groulx as 10-year-old Johnson, Stacey Leilua as Johnson's mother, Ata Johnson, Joseph Lee Anderson as Johnson's father, Rocky Johnson, and Ana Tuisila as Johnson's grandmother, Lia Maivia. [49][50] On May 12, 2022, NBC renewed the series for a third season,[3] which was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee. Johnson plays himself in the sitcom, which is set in 2032. Christopher Chen as Sandy, a member of Dwayne's campaign staff (season 2), Michael Torpey as Senator/President Brayden Taft, Dwayne's opponent (season 2- ), Bryan Probets as Principal Bogg (season 1, episodes 2 and 5), Carly Daniels as Color Blind Karen (season 1, episodes 2, 8 and 11), Gaby Seow as Big-Hair Karen (season 1, episodes 2, 8 and 11), Karen Ceesay as Superintendent Broward (season 1, episode 2), Michael Torpey as Senator Brayden Taft (season 1, episode 9; mentioned in season 1, episode 11), Heather Maltman as Rookie FBI agent (season 1, episode 11), Julian Marlon Samani as 1960s Louie Dondero, Pat Patterson's partner (season 3), Cooper Matthews as Brian Lawler (season 2, as a teenager), This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 21:52. Constant said that, once he was hired for Young Rock, Johnson never told him how to play his 15-year-old alter ego. I was taller than a lot of my older brother's friends, four or five years older than me. "This. A native of Alabama, Bradley Constant is an American actor best know for portraying 15-year-old Dwayne Johnson on the sitcom, Young Rock. CONSTANT:Yeah, man. I'm like, wait, we're in Australia. Were struggling to pay rent this month.. Are there a lot of similarities between you at 15 and Dwayne The Rock Johnson at 15? ANTHONY: What do you remember about those early days? Young Rock is an American television sitcom based upon the life of professional wrestler and actor Dwayne Johnson, also known by his ring name "The Rock". CONSTANT: Ooh, man. Queensland didnt have any [COVID] cases and no one wore masks when eating. I read the script at the audition and it really rolled off my tongue like it was natural, which doesnt happen too often with auditions. My older brother and my oldest brother, Chris came to me one day. I grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. ANTHONY: I love that. Johnson talks to Park ahead of his acceptance speech. Especially because I worked at the grocery store the whole year leading up to September when we went out there to shoot it. Eventually I drew interest from a manager in New York and they were like, you know, you gotta be out here in New York to get auditions. Constant has landed one of the title roles in the new NBC show "Young Rock." In the series, which premieres Feb. 16 at 7 p.m., Constant, along with two other actors, plays wrestler-turned-actor. Hes just getting his start in life, but its going to be a killer start at this time in his life. You will before much longer, we can promise you that. Man Lives Round Life: Coit Keeper Gives All Time to Tower" tells the story of Bradley, who "spends his 24 hours a day in a circular . I went straight home to Alabama to stay with my grandmother and the first thing she said was please shave that mustache. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); You have entered an incorrect email address! Its an awesome place. Sometimes they would get turned away for the movie and I'd get to go in because I was taller than all of them. She really did, and I think we were both really excited to leave that small town. Of course, Ill film it in Australia. There was all this build-up, me knowing I was going to go film this awesome thing in Australia, but I was still working at the grocery store down the street. I took lots of classes there, did some student films at NYU. I didnt seek it out. He actually is quite young. Another effect of being the middle child in the series: Constant is the only version of young Dwayne that hasn't gotten into the ring yet. He is not just playing a young Rock on national television. He plays 15-year-old Dwayne Johnson in the new NBC comedy series "Young Rock." Born in Alabama, Constant began pursuing acting at age 12 and convinced his mom to move him to New York City where he would study and begin to gain experience in the industry. 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