Seriously, I attempted to skate, but my mobility these days is awful. And I'd be sitting down on the ice by Minute 2. Let's say we leave here right now, put you in some skates and throw you on the ice with a puck and stick for five minutes. Well, it is when you have great stunt doubles. Wait, getting on a skateboard is insane, but playing hockey is somehow perfectly reasonable? But he tried to get me on the skateboard a few times. Not that I was expecting a disaster, but it's his first acting role. I was going to say, he's surprisingly good in this. So, when you get a guy like Ryan, who's an incredibly successful young athlete, who isn't worried about making a fool out of himself, you're very lucky to have him. What makes a good comedy, in my opinion, is when you check your ego at the door and don't worry about looking cool. (Laughs.) Seriously though, let me tell you about Ryan. Shoot, if Sheckler saw me in his room, it'd be a dream come true. He said that if you showed up in his room in the middle of the night, he'd probably have a heart attack. And for all the kids out there who are reading this, the good thing about me being your tooth fairy is I'd never leave coins. I'm just there to take the tooth and leave a gift. But I think most kids would be appreciative. If I woke up and saw you standing over me, your hand under my pillow, I'd slap your face and jump out the window. Easily, this interview can take a dangerous turn. Oh man, that's between me and all my other fairies. I'm scared to ask, but what do you wear in the privacy of your home? You also wore a tutu in "The Game Plan," and before that, you danced around in a speedo as a wrestler. So, you're dressed like a fairy in this film, with skirt and wings. The one who takes my little girl's teeth. I can tell you that there is one tooth fairy out there who leaves $20s.Ģ0th Century FoxJohnson also gets to try his hand at hockey in "Tooth Fairy." But there are other tooth fairies out there. I mean, I'm bleeding from the mouth, and all I get is one lousy dollar? I was just so enthralled with the tooth fairy visiting. I tried everything to get those teeth out - working them over, punching them. As a kid, did you wait for your teeth to fall out naturally, or did you have sadistic parents like mine, who tied one of my teeth to a doorknob and slammed the sucker shut? Seriously, if I hung your teeth on a necklace and gave it to my girlfriend, she would probably propose to me. I recently met up with the former University of Miami defensive tackle at a Beverly Hills hotel to talk teeth, his mostly failed attempt to transform into a hockey player, and his far too kid-friendly filmography - from a safe distance, of course.īlitz: First off, never said this to a man before, but you have amazing teeth. That some men, Johnson included, were put on this planet to break things - tackles, your face with a folding chair - and some were built to, well, ask questions of those men. (Full disclosure: I abandoned an advance screening of the film at the one-hour mark, partly because I was hungry and partly because I'm not 7 years old.) His career choices have led many of us to wonder what happened to our Rock, the highly dangerous and yet immensely likeable next great action star? I mean, Johnson is living proof that all men were not created equal. The comedy (which hits theaters on Friday) is Johnson's third sports-related feature - but it's also his fourth film targeted at moviegoers who are required to participate in recess. Ashley Judd plays his love interest, and Billy Crystal has a pretty funny turn as his fairy-gadgets guy. Also featured are Stephen Merchant and Julie Andrews as Johnson's fairy caseworker and fairy boss, respectively. The film, which received the backing of the NHL, marks the acting debuts of pros Kyle Quincey and John Zeiler, as well as skateboarder Ryan Sheckler, who plays hotshot teammate Mick Donnelly. In his latest family flick, "Tooth Fairy," Johnson stars as Derek Thompson, a minor league hockey enforcer who's magically pegged to serve time as the mythical winged-one.
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