Dwayne Johnson Surprises Los Angeles Families with Toys atRed OneScreening

Mar. 15, 2025

Dwayne Johnson (right) on Nov. 14, 2024.Photo:Courtesy of Amazon MGM

Courtesy of Amazon MGM

Dwayne Johnsonis stepping out to surprise families in Los Angeles!

Johnson, 52, made a surprise appearance at a special advance screening of his new Christmas-themed movieRed Oneon Thursday, Nov. 14, where he helped Amazon MGM Studios, the movie’s distributor, gift STEM education-focused toys from the Wondery Kids x Wow in the World toy line to families in attendance from the city’s community-basedWatts Empowerment Center.

Photos from the event show Johnson, who sometimes refers to himself as “Dwanta Claus” around the holidays, mingling with parents and children in the crowd as he and others from the studio passed out toys from brands like Barbie, Uno and Hot Wheels that are featured in the movie.

Amazon also donated a bus to the Watts Empowerment Center to help families living in the housing projects associated with the community center safely transport their children to school and other family activities, according to a release.

Dwayne Johnson greeting children at an advance screening of Red One on Nov. 14, 2024.Courtesy of Amazon MGM

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In a recent interview with PEOPLE ahead of the movie’s release, Evans, 43, said that Johnsonoffered up $40,000 of his own moneyin a raffle held for crew members on set while filmingRed Oneas a means of saying thank you to those who worked on the film.

Dwayne Johnson on Nov. 14, 2024.Courtesy of Amazon MGM

“He does this thing on movie sets, at the end of the week the crew will all put in 5, 10 bucks in this little bucket. They get raffle tickets. It’s called ‘five-dollar Friday,’ ” theAvengersstar said of Johnson. “Someone draws a name at the end of the day and they win a couple-thousand bucks. And DJ would splash the pot in ways that no other actor can keep up with,"

As Evans put it, Johnson’s and other actors' additions to the raffles are “just a way to say thank you to the crew each week.”

Red Oneis in theaters now.

source: people.com