Dwayne Johnson’s Cousin Met With an Unfortunate Accident While Filming for The Rock’s $80.9 Box Office-Grossing Film

Dwayne Johnson, the WWE legend who is known among fans for his electrifying promos and phenomenal in-ring action has also carved his niche in the Hollywood industry. His movies are usually filled with dangerous action sequences. Seeing his amazing build and professional wrestling background, it seems like he is the one behind all the amazing action scenes in his movies. However, this isn’t the case. Johnson also relies on stunt doubles for scenes that might be a little dangerous to perform.

During his initial years in the Hollywood industry, Johnson’s cousin Tanoai Reed helped him with all the stunts. And during that time, he also met with an accident on set while performing a stunt for his cousin.

Tanoi Reed once met with an accident while performing a stunt for Dwayne Johnson

In 2003, the former WWE champion was working on one of his early action-comedy movies The Rundown. It got a 6.6 rating on IMDB and at the box office, but at the box office, it grossed over $80.9 million. Even though the movie performed average at the box office, it was a huge hit for his action sequences. 

Fans loved the scene where the male leads tumble down a hillside with the jeep. However, it wasn’t Dwayne Johnson who performed this stunt. It was his cousin Tanoai Reed who was behind it. And unfortunately, he even broke his ankle while shooting it.

But his hard work paid off very next year. Reed was nominated and won an award at Taurus World Stunt Awards in 2004. He won the award for Best Overall Stunt by a Man for this movie. 

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And if we talk about the former WWE world champion Dwayne Johnson, then The Rundown might not be the most successful movie of his career but it definitely opened several other paths for him in the Hollywood industry. 

Diving into The Rock’s WWE return, then it is still a mystery. But fans will surely see him sharing the screen with the Marvel movie star and the Captain America fame Chris Evans in a holiday movie this year. And to see him sharing the ring with Roman Reigns, the WWE Universe may have to wait a little longer.

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