Dwayne Johnson Details “Pride” for Daughters Ahead of Moana Premiere

Dwayne Johnson Details Emotional Performance With Daughters Ahead of Moana Premiere

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson always reminds his kids about how far they’ll go.

And after his daughters Simone, 24, Jasmine, 10, and Tiana, 8, joined him and fellow Moana star Catherine Laga'aia onstage for a traditional Samoan taualuga performance, the 54-year-old celebrated the opportunity to showcase their shared culture at the film’s July 7 premiere.

"The emotions I’m feeling are gratitude and also, I’m careful with this word, but just real pride,” he exclusively told E! News' Erin Lim Rhodes during the Los Angeles premiere. “I’m proud of our Polynesian culture to be represented on the biggest platform in the world, which is the big screen. With Disney, it’s just a massive company that knows how to serve up families around the world.”

Noting that he’s a “proud girl dad,” Johnson got emotional over his kids’ performance as well as Laga’aia’s, who he praised as “our Moana.”

“This is her first [film] and there’s so much pressure on her,” he said of his 19-year-old costar, “and I was so proud of her and it was so cool to see this Hollywood Bowl.”

As for how he felt sharing a stage with his three children, the Hobbs & Shaw actor expressed that he tries to elevate them as much as possible, whether that’s on a public stage or in private.

“It means a lot to me that I’m able to uplift them in my own small way as their dad,” he explained. “But also, and we have this talk daily, which is, ‘Hey, you belong in every room and you belong at every table. And I’m here to support you. And when things go sideways, I’m here to support you.”

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And the relationship is a two way street—one on which they keep it real. Just as Johnson tries to inspire confidence in his daughters, they help humble him, even admitting that they didn’t initially love his hair transformation for the live-action adaptation.

“The first time they saw me as Maui, they were like, 'Oh,'" he previously told E! News on June 22, reenacting their surprised facial expressions. "It was jarring for them for maybe 10 minutes. Just to see me with hair, and I get it, it's a lot of hair."

Keep reading to see the Smashing Machine star’s cutest girl dad moments…

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