John Cena Says He Would Love To Make a Movie With The Rock, Doesn’t Want To Force It Into Happening

WWE Superstar and former 17-time World Champion John Cena made an appearance on the Happy Sad Confused podcast this week to promote Matchbox: The Movie. During the appearance, Cena was asked by Josh Horowitz about his relationship with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and whether they’ve discussed making a movie together.

Cena said he’d be very interested in sharing the screen with The Rock, but he doesn’t want to advocate for something beyond his control or force Johnson’s hand into doing something he doesn’t want to do. Below are some highlights:

John Cena on Whether He’s Talked To The Rock About Doing a Movie Together

“Dwayne and I have talked about creative business that we have together. When I see him, it is literally a genuine — it’s not the, ‘Hi, you doing?’ It’s, ‘Let’s take a second.’ And like, ‘Hey man, this time you said hi to my wife. I really need you to know that meant a lot.’ And then we’ll have a conversation about that, and he’s very giving with his time, very sincere, and very present. And I don’t want to bug him down with, ‘And yo, man, I got this pitch.’ You know what I’m saying? My perspective is that the individual doesn’t seem like he gets a lot of time to himself. And when he’s giving enough of his time to be present with me, the last thing I want to do is hand him a pitch deck.”

On Not Wanting To Force a Project With The Rock

“If folks that make movies, there are a lot of folks out there that are in charge of orchestrating those things, if they see Dwayne’s body of work and my body of work, and they’re like, ‘They’d be great together.’ If that opportunity comes, I’m all in. To say I wouldn’t want to share the screen with Dwayne Johnson is a bold-faced lie. I learned from the way I operated our first run in WWE that to beat my chest and say, like, to goad him into that opportunity, that was so wrong of me. So there’s no way — I would love to do it, but I’m not going to advocate for it when it’s beyond my control, and I don’t want to force his hand into a decision he doesn’t want to make.”

John Cena and The Rock both appeared in the Fast and Furious franchise sequel, Fast X, released in 2023. However, they shared no scenes in the feature. It remains to be seen if both actors will return for the long-planned Fast and Furious 11.

A clip of Cena speaking about his interest in working with The Rock, plus the full video of his Happy Sad Confused appearance, are available below: