Dwayne Johnson is having quite the year. After starring in the critically acclaimed Benny Safdie film, The Smashing Machine, the actor became a 2026 Golden Globe nominee. It’s a huge honor, and the first nomination of Johnson’s career. It’s a far cry from his box office fodder status, especially considering Smashing is a small drama film, and not his typical blockbuster action movie. This new career phase has meant the world to Johnson, and he recently shared that he was nervous when the nominations came out, but Ryan Coogler helped relax him.
During a recent red carpet interview with the Are You Okay Show, the Jumanji star revealed he had actually turned his phone off the day that the Golden Globe nominations came out, because he was so nervous. Eventually he decided to turn his phone on and he only heard one ding, which he thought indicated that he may not've gotten the nomination. In the Instagram video, he said:
