ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS

For all the miles

Before four Fast & Furious movies and once and currently Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), the separating well-muscled and well-oiled wrestler began them, Johnson h à wlm V>ÀiiÀ n The Mummy Returns (2001)

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both bond over their childhood experiences on the very ride that serves as the title of their film. Johnson says he headed to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., quite a bit when he lived in nearby Tampa; Blunt visited California’s Disneyland when she was 5 and admits, “I found the whole thing frightening; I had a thing about people in costumes.”

Johnson and Blunt are now Disney VIPs, thanks to their respective musical roles in Moana (2016) and Mary Poppins Returns (2018). Blunt has given park passes to her nieces and nephews. (Fun fact: Her older sister, Felicity, is married to her Prada co-star Stanley Tucci.) In pre-pandemic times, Johnson often went to Disneyland with his family and got the royal treatment: “It’s interesting because everybody has been standing in line for a long time and they get so upset when they see people get ushered up to the front. But then the reaction is, ‘Hey, it’s the Rock! Go!Go!Go! ’”

With his hulking 6-foot-5 frame, he matter-of-factly acknowledged in 2020 that his anonymity “has gone out the window.” Fans don’t just want selfies; they want tips for working out or achieving life success. “I truly do love meeting people,” he says.