Star spills the beans

‘The Rock’: Christmas without dad back in the day

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Captain America" star Chris Evans and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson have revealed their favorite Christmas traditions. For Johnson (52), Christmas is all about family, as the Hollywood actor said in Berlin. "I know it's very simple, but when I was growing up, my father was often away and not always at home at Christmas."

Johnson's father was the ex-professional wrestler Rocky Johnson, who died in 2020. In the movie business, you sometimes have to work over the holidays, said the action star ("Fast & Furious"). "So the most important thing for me is to have the whole family together."

Christmas movies & letter to Santa
Evans (43) said that on Christmas Eve he used to decide with his three siblings whose room they wanted to sleep in. "We'd spend the night in someone's room and use the old TV with the VCR." The fun thing was to choose a Christmas movie to watch together. They also used to write letters to Santa Claus, said the Hollywood actor.

Johnson and Evans can be seen from Thursday (November 7) in the new action comedy "Red One - Christmas Alert". In the two-hour film, the head of security at the North Pole (Johnson) and a bounty hunter (Evans) have to set off in search of the kidnapped Santa Claus.

"Red One" manages to speak to the heart and humanity one should feel during the holidays, Evans said. It's about remembering priorities, he said. The film was directed by Jake Kasdan ("Jumanji").