Khleo Thomas talks about The Rock
from About.com
January 22, 2004

We got a little bit of info from The Rock at the Rundown junket about his next film, Walking Tall, but it took Romantic movies guide Rebecca Murray to get these details from costar Khleo Thomas. She caught him coming down the line at the Torque premiere.

The film, which opens in April, stars The Rock and a two by four, but Thomas spoke up for the supporting characters.

What was working with The Rock like?

The Rock is the funniest man I’ve ever known. He’s down to earth, I love him.

What’s your role in Walking Tall?

I play The Rock’s nephew. He comes back to live with me, his sister and his parents. He ends up taking my room so I have a little disrespect for him.

So you go one on one with The Rock?

Yeah [laughing]. I hate The Rock in the movie, and I’m afraid of him right now just in case he still has it in for me. Me and The Rock became good friends off the set.

What’s the most surprising thing about working with The Rock?

I think it is that everyone thinks he’s like a real tough guy, that he walks around with his mouth shut fuming. The guy is great. He’ll talk to you about anything.

Any pranks or anything going on behind the scenes?

Between me and The Rock? No. Actually me and Johnny Knoxville played around a lot on the set. Me and Knoxville fooled around a lot on the set. The last day of shooting we were all joking around. We ruined a lot of takes.

Who got the better end of the jokes?

I think he did. He ended up giving me a wet willy right in the middle of a scene. It all just came falling down but it was good. It was fun.

So even though Walking Tall is a drama, it sounds like you had a comedy going on behind the scenes? Yeah, the film’s an action movie but there was a bunch of comedy going on on the set.