Dwayne Johnson Spills on His Jaw-Dropping Alien Wrestler Gig in Star Trek: Voyager — Guess Which Zodiac Sign Fueled That Out-Of-This-World Role!
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Before Dwayne Johnson was smashing box office records or tossing bad guys around in Hollywood blockbusters, he was just a newcomer trying to find his footing—on an episode of Star Trek: Voyager, no less. Yep, the Rock took a small but critical leap from the wrestling ring into the vast universe of acting aboard the USS Voyager, where his role wasn’t just muscle but also a test of resilience in an alien arena. Now, I can’t help but wonder—was the cosmos nudging him with that classic Saturn-Pluto energy, pushing this wrestling powerhouse to transform his career and embrace the unknown? Because it sure sounds like the universe had big plans, especially given how warmly Jeri Ryan and the Voyager crew welcomed him into the acting fold, a rare kindness in a world that wasn’t always so friendly to a wrestling hopeful-turned-actor. Curious to see how that journey unfolded? LEARN MORE
These days, Dwayne Johnson is a global superstar, but even he had to start somewhere, and one of his earliest screen roles was a guest appearance on Star Trek: Voyager. It was a small but memorable step in his transition from the wrestling ring to Hollywood. At the time, Johnson had only notched a couple of minor TV credits, but it was Star Trek that first made him feel genuinely welcomed into the acting world.
Johnston appeared in Tsunkatse, an episode of the sixth season of Voyager. The story followed Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) after she was abducted while on a survey mission and forced by her captors to fight in an arena for the entertainment of others. Johnson’s character was one of the champions, and he even tossed in a few of The Rock’s classic moves.
In an interview with Moovy TV, Johnson reflected on his time on Voyager. “At that time, I wanted experience as an actor,” he explained. “And I was taking these roles, these cameos on these television shows, and they had come to me and said, ‘Hey, are you interested in doing Star Trek: Voyager?’ I said, ‘Yeah! I would love to. Let’s do it.’“
Johnson singled out Jeri Ryan as being particularly welcoming. “And the crew, the cast, everybody was so awesome, but very specifically, Jeri Ryan was AMAZING,” he said. “She was so welcoming and warm. I had never done anything before in terms of acting. You know, I come from the world of wrestling, and in a way, that is performance, but cues, marks, dialogue and all that was still very new to me. But Jeri was so amazing and so cool and gorgeous and blew me away how just wonderfully welcoming she was.“
In some of the other shows Johnson appeared in, he got the sense that the cast was a little annoyed that this wrestler was trying to become an actor. “At that time in my career, I’d do this show, and that show. It was just cameo, cameo, cameo. And these shows were pretty popular shows, and the stars of those shows were popular stars,” he said. “And so a lot of times, they knew, ‘Oh, we’re going to get this person coming in from the world of wrestling.’ Sometimes I would show up on these sets, and it was a little bit of like, ‘Here we go again, another guy, he’s never acted before, gotta carry the baggage.‘”
He continued, “And I would feel that energy from some of these folks, and I got it, and I’d just try to get through the day and try to learn as much as I could. But Jeri was never like that, she was f***ing cool, man. Moments like that I don’t forget, because it’s a great reminder: People always remember how you treat them.” They sure do.
I do recall watching that episode back in the day. I was never much of a wrestling fan, so I wasn’t overly aware of Johnson’s impact in the ring. However, who would have thought that he’d become an action superstar and even headline acclaimed (yet commercially unsuccessful) dramas like The Smashing Machine?
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