Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is doing what he can to get Jumanji off to a good start.
As production for the new movie starts in Hawaii, Johnson – who will star as Dr. Braveston in the adventure feature film – shared footage of himself with co-stars Kevin Hart and Jack Black engaging in a prayer ritual via Instagram on Wednesday.
The Jumanji director Jake Kasdan and castmate Karen Gillan also took part in the ritual.
“Before we embark our #JUMANJI journey here in Hawaii, we gathered our entire cast (here with me are Jack Black, Kevin Hart, our director Jake Kasdan and Karen Gillian) and crew together as our Hawaiian Kahu (priest) Cordell Keka blesses our film with powerful aloha spirit of laughter, enjoyment and love,” Johnson wrote.
The actor went on to describe the atmosphere on set created by the prayer ritual as “extremely powerful.”
“I often talk about mana (spirit) with you guys and the mana in this room/in this moment was extremely powerful – it can take your breath away and give you goosebumps like crazy. (I was low key ready to run thru a wall in this moment;),” Johnson continued. “Our Kahu eloquently spoke and reminded us that even though our faces are the ones on screen, it takes an AMAZING CREW OF EVERYONE to make this movie work. And when we get tired from long work hours to always remember the joy, laughter and fun our movie will bring to families around the world.”
I can see why Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson wants good vibes on set of Jumanji.
His last feature film Fast 8 ended in controversy as he described some of his male costars as “candy asses.”
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