Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson reveals the truth behind his epic Maui muscles for Moana after viral fan theory

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson revealed that helium has been wearing a bodysuit to represent his quality Maui successful the live-action remake of Disney's Moana.

The Red One actor, 52 - who has been engaged promoting the sequel Moana 2 - was spotted past week showing disconnected his buff physique connected set of the adaptation successful Hawaii.

The prima - who plays the Polynesian demigod Maui successful some the animated films and the upcoming task - went shirtless to amusement disconnected an array of tattoos connected his muscular arms and chest.

However, immoderate fans jumped to societal media to speculate that Johnson was perchance wearing a bodysuit.

During an interrogation with Extra ahead of the merchandise of Moana 2 connected November 27, Dwayne was asked astir bulking up for the live-action movie and achieving his buff signifier connected set.

'That's a suit that took a agelong clip to enactment on. So, I'm truthful blessed you said, "You bulked up," due to the fact that erstwhile you say, "You bulked up," that means you couldn't tell.'

'That is simply a mates of hours each time of transforming, putting that on,' the prima further explained to the outlet.

'We changeable extracurricular and erstwhile those pictures surfaced, I was like, "S**t, we got caught," 'cause we were putting up, like, walls truthful determination was nary paparazzi.'

Johnson added, 'But they got into boats and started shooting pictures. So, but I'm blessed you liked it. I can't wait. The movie comes retired successful 2026.' 

Earlier past week, archetypal look photos of Dwayne arsenic Maui emerged arsenic helium changeable scenes for the movie alongside his co-star, Catherine Laga'aia - who has taken connected the relation arsenic Moana. 

He was besides spotted gripping his character's magical food hook connected set - which gives Maui the unsocial powerfulness to shapeshift into antithetic creatures.

Johnson further got into quality by wearing a green, accepted Ti leafage skirt and went shirtless to amusement disconnected his incredible, muscular framework which was covered with assorted tattoos. 

He additionally wore a long, brownish wig arsenic good arsenic a chunky, whalebone necklace and heavy brownish bracelets connected each of his wrists.

However, not agelong aft seeing the photos, immoderate fans speculated that the prima was really donning a bodysuit. 

One typed connected societal media, 'That has to beryllium a assemblage suit. There's nary mode The Rock is that big,' portion different added, 'don't sprout me.. but that's a assemblage suit right? I don't callback The Rock being THAT big.' 

'The Rock and skinny don't spell successful the aforesaid sentence. but it does look similar a assemblage suit,' 1 besides shared. 

Another penned, 'The Rock successful assemblage suit looks weird and one americium amazed helium is wearing agelong hair.' 

'It doesn't, the arms unsocial are a dormant giveaway that he's wearing a assemblage suit. Rock doesn't person that overmuch assemblage fat,' 1 instrumentality added. 

'You signed The Rock and past enactment him successful a assemblage suit? Aw hellllll nooooo,' different wrote, portion a societal media idiosyncratic shared, 'Wait is The Rock THAT large oregon is that a assemblage suit?...' 

Dwayne has voiced Maui since the 2016 film, Moana, was released - and reprised the relation successful the sequel, which hits theaters connected Wednesday, November 27 conscionable successful clip for the Thanksgiving holiday. 

In regards to archetypal stepping onto the acceptable for the live-action remake, the histrion besides told Extra that the infinitesimal was 'eye-opening.'

'I person a grip connected who Maui is. I cognize the voice, I cognize the man, I cognize his inspiration. I tin entree things. I got it.'

He added that the 'moment I stepped connected set' of the upcoming adaptation, 'I realized close away, "Oh, wow, this is different," successful presumption of this is existent flesh-and-blood and skin-and-bones.'

'It becomes existent each of the sudden. It was astir similar getting successful my grandfather's tegument and what that was like.' 

While filming the live-action remake of the archetypal 2016 film, Dwayne has besides been preparing for the merchandise of Moana 2. 

Along with Johnson, different stars that were formed successful the sequel see Auli'i Cravalho, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger and Temuera Morrison. 

The premise is: 'After receiving an unexpected telephone from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana indispensable travel to the acold seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an escapade dissimilar thing she's ever faced,' per IMDB.  

Dwayne's 2 youngest daughters - Jasmine, eight, and Tiana, six - also made their movie debut successful Moana 2 to dependable members of Moana-be's instrumentality club. 

The histrion shares the 2 with wife, Lauren Hashian, and is besides begetter to Simone, 23, whom helium welcomed with ex Dany Garcia. 

During his interrogation with Extra, the prima opened up astir walking the reddish carpet astatine the premiere of the animated sequel with each 3 of his daughters. 

'My daughters, each 3 of my daughters were there. That was the archetypal clip we'd each been unneurotic successful a nationalist spot before. That was beautiful. My ma was there. It's our culture.'

Johnson added, 'I grew up here, got successful occupation present 15 miles up the road. My grandfather's buried here. My gramps inspired the quality of Maui...It each came together.' 

He past compared himself to his quality of Maui, saying they are some 'egotistical, loud, large mouth.'

The prima besides added, 'I think, trying to find joyousness astir each corner, adjacent if things are a small screwy oregon wobbly, possibly successful existent life.'

'So, I've had a inclination implicit the years to not expanse it nether the carpet but just, I cognize funky s**t is going connected and I'm dealing with it, but fto maine effort and find a spot implicit present wherever I tin beryllium blessed oregon grin oregon effort and entree immoderate blessed and joy.'

The Black Adam histrion expressed, 'I find myself doing that. It helps maine woody with the not-joyous stuff.'