Recap of The Rock on the Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
    Submitted by William Martinez on Friday, April 26, 2002 at 3:32 PM EST

    Natron sent in the following:

    Rock was on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn tonight, here's a recap:

    - Kilborn says Rock lost weight and looks good, Rock says he's "svelt"

    - Rock says he's humbled by the sucess of The Scorpion King.

    - Craig asks if it was hard filming in the desert, Rock says the worst part was getting sand in his ass during a sand storm scene.

    - Kilborn says he likes the name "The Rock" and asks if he had considered any other wrestling names, Rock says "The Cerebral One".

    - Craig asks about Rock's football days at the U of Miami, Rock tells the story of losing his job to Warren Sapp and whooping the San Diego State mascot.

    - Rock says he took acting lessons from Larry Moss, the same guy who worked with Helen Hunt on "As Good As It Gets" (the movie she won an oscar for). Rock says he really got into the lessons and actually cried during them.

    On to the Late Late Show "5 Questions":

    1) Name the German heavy metal uber group that made it to #25 in 1984 with the song "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (The Scorpions). Rock had no answer.

    2) What was Fred Flintstone's daughter's name? Rock knew it was Pebbles.

    3) Name the 2 actors who played the Incredible Hulk on the 70's TV series. Rock got this correct, Lou Ferrigno and Bil Bixby.

    4) Match Game: Full _____. Rock filled the blank with "frontal". Craig was looking for "moon" but accepted "frontal" as a correct answer.

    5) Test of Rock's acting skills: Pretend you've raised a butterfly since birth and now you must release it to the wild while crying on the inside. Rock milked it for quite a while, had the adam's apple quivering and the whole bit... really well done. Correct.

    4 out of 5 correct. Plug the movie, end of segment.



    Vikram Sangar of Lordsofpain.co.uk sent in the following:

    I caught The Rock on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn last night in Canada.

    - Craig talked to 'The Great One' about how "The Rock" is such a great name. The Rock
    says he knows- after all, he himself came up with it!

    - Craig then asks him whether he had other names lined up for his character. The Rock
    said he always thought about calling himself "The Cerebral One" to which the crowd
    laughed. Craig said he can picture that- after all, The Rock isnt just a wrestler- he's
    intelligent too.

    - Craig then came up with a list of names that they thought would suit The Rock. The
    best they could come up with was calling him "The wrestler who's slightly more
    handsome than the other wrestlers." To which the women in the crowd cheered.

    - Craig spoke to The Rock about his high school days. He said he used to play for the
    University of Miami. Craig asked what happened with his football career. The Rock said
    some guy named Warren Sapp came and took over his position. He talks briefly about
    his injury that ended his chances of getting drafted.

    - Craig mentioned the fact that some tv station showed The Rock back in his high school
    days having a fight with the opposition team. Rocky says the footage is embarrasing as
    he used to have a huge afro back in the day. He spoke about one time against St. Louis
    (I think) where there was a huge brawl between both teams, the entire squads and even
    the crowd. The Rock said after he laid the smackdown on the players- he noticed the
    opposition mascot was inciting the crowd. So The Rock chased after the mascot and into
    the stands. That footage is also on video somewhere. The Rock says he regrets doing
    that now.

    - Craig then goes into his regular segment, 5 questions.

    1. "Rock ya like a hurricane" reached Number 25 for which German uber group?

    The Rock said he recognised the song and started humming something that resembled a
    tune but ran out of time. The answer- The Scorpions!

    2. What was the name of Fred Flinstones daughter?

    The Rock answered "Pebbles" correctly (See the Rock-related questions?)

    3. Which 2 people played The Incredible Hulk Back in the 70's?

    The Rock answered correctly- Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno

    4. Craig shows The Rock a piece of card. He asks Rock to complete the sentance. "Full
    (Blank)"

    Rock thinks about it and says "Full frontal?" to which the crowd burst out in laughter.
    Craig says No- the answer we were looking for was "Full Moon" Or "Full Nelson." Craig
    called The Rock a party animal- coming up with Full Frontal!

    5. Finally, lets test your acting Rock- you have raised a butterfly from birth- but now its
    time to release it into the wild. We want to see you release this butterfly while crying on
    the inside.

    The Rock then did a great job of crying on the inside and releasing the pretend butterfly.
    All the crowd burst out into laughter as he was so good doing it!

    That was it- Craig thanked The Rock for coming on.

    Later in the show, the other guest was Mila Kunis from "That 70's Show" She talked
    briefly about how The Rock appeared on the hit show just before he became this huge
    WWF superstar! She said about a year after the show, she was walking down the street
    one time and saw The Rock coming towards her. She wondered if he'd still remember
    her from the show- especially now he was this huge wrestling superstar. She said, the
    great thing was that he did, and HE came up to HER and called out her name! Mila said
    she couldnt believe it and that's why she really loves The Rock.

    All in all a pretty good show- Craig's a really cool presenter and the interview with The
    Rock came across as 2 friends having a chat over a beer rather than an "official"
    interview to promote his film.

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