Dwayne Johnson on 'Emotional' Performance with Daughters at ‘Moana’ Premiere (Exclusive)

Dwayne Johnson showed off his Polynesian roots at the L.A. premiere of “Moana” at the Hollywood Bowl on Tuesday.

“Extra’s” Terri Seymour spoke with Dwayne after he performed a dance with co-star Catherine Laga'aia and his daughters. 

He said, “It was emotional from the time I started to walk Catherine out because the song is playing and it’s vamping [up]… So immediately, as I’m walking out, you know, you start to get emotional.”

"Katie, she came to us when she was 17," he emphasized. "It wasn't like she had 10 films under her belt and she had been nominated multiple times. Her first film! And he took all that pressure, and now, I told her backstage, I said, 'Hey, two things. Are you ready to make history? And also, tonight’s a celebration. The hard work is done, like, you did it. You’re Moana. You’re representing our culture.”

"And so we walked out there and we did it, and I was just so proud of her," Dwayne shared. "My job in our dance is, ‘There she is.’ So everything is about her and it was just so special and very emotional.”

As for his own daughters being part of the performance, he quipped, “They are ready to go!”

Johnson joked that he had "a couple fires I had to put out" with his youngest Tiana, who “wanted more options with her dresses.”

He explained, “I talked to her. I had to pull her aside twice. I said, ‘Listen, this is the only option you got.' I said, ‘I got you. Next time around, we’re gonna make sure we have multiple options. But this time,' I said, ‘I need you to lock in. Can you do that for me?’ And he’s like, ‘I could do that.’ She locked in."

Dwayne also talked about amazing fan encounters on this global press tour. 

He shared, “The fan encounters that really stood out to me on this world tour was the amount of tattoo signature requests. Like, ‘I would love for you to sign your name on a part of my body and I’m gonna get it tattooed.’ That was moving."

He added, "And also, what you realize is, there are people out there who have waited a long time to share with me their journey. And there's something that happened to them, and there's something that maybe I said years ago that stuck with them that colored them in a way that inspired them. They're waiting and waiting and waiting, and by the time they get me, they're like, 'Okay... I have to tell you, this thing!' And it's so emotional. It's like, 'Wow, okay. Yes. thank you.'"