Dwayne Johnson – AKA The Rock – has starred in a host of blockbuster movies – from Disney’s Moana (2016) to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) and Black Adam (2022).

Most of the characters he plays are notably tough heroes that you wouldn’t want to mess with – and there may be a little-known reason for this.

The actor’s most notable role is arguably as Agent Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious franchise.

In these fast-paced action movies, fight scenes are common and you may have noticed that bizarrely, the stars of the film including Dwayne Johnson, never seemed to lose one.

This is actually because of a clause in the contract they signed, according to the Wall Street Journal and it limits how ‘badly’ they can be beaten up on screen.

The actor’s most notable role is arguably as Agent Luke Hobbs in the Fast and Furious franchise

This is actually because of a clause in the contract they signed, according to the Wall Street Journal and it limits how ‘badly’ they can be beaten up on screen

The newspaper reported that Vin-Diesel, who plays Dominic Toretto in the film franchise, developed a system where he assigned a numerical value to each punch he received while on screen.

Allegedly he had a producer count how many punches he was taking in each fight scene to make sure it matched the contract.

Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, who plays Deckard Shaw, supposedly wanted this in their contracts too.

The Wall Street Journal reported ‘According to producers and crew members on the films, Mr. Statham, 51 years old, negotiated an agreement with the studio that limits how badly he can be beaten up on screen.