Duane “the Rock” Johnson was late for work. A power outage and the inability for him to open his gates with the emergency override weren’t going to keep him from work.
Of course all of us really wished we had been able to watch a video of him tearing the security gates from their welded mounts.
He probably wasn’t even sweating when he got to his shoot.
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Not my finest hour 🤦🏽♂️, but a man’s gotta go to work. We experienced a power outage due to severe storms, causing my front gate not to open. I tried to override the hydraulic system to open the gates, which usually works when power goes out – but this time it wouldn’t. Made some calls to see how fast I can get the gate tech on site, but I didn’t have 45min to wait. By this time, I know I have hundreds of production crew members waiting for me to come to work so we can start our day. So I did what I had to do. I pushed, pulled and ripped the gate completely off myself. Tore it out of the brick wall, severed the steel hydraulics and threw it on the grass. My security team was able to meet the gate technician and welders about an hour later — and they were apparently, “in disbelief and equally scared” 🤣 Not my finest hour, but I had to go to work. And I think I’m 💯 ready to be #blackadam 😄💪🏾 #ripgates
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Later that day the crew came by to weld the gates back on.
Of course it took two of them to carry each half-gate
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