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Young Rock Actually Campaign Video for Dwayne Johnson 2032 POTUS Run?

With NBC and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's (WWE superstar, Ballers, Jumanji: The Next Level) Young Rock ready to lay the smackdown on Tuesday nights starting February 16, the network and Johnson took advantage of the Television Critics Association's (TCA) winter press event to unveil the first official trailer for the comedy-and-more. And as much as we were already looking forward to checking out the series, having Johnson being interviewed about his life as he's running for President of the United States in 2032 was an unexpected (and very meta) way to have an over-arching linking device to jump between time periods. And let's be honest? It's also going to get a ton of people speculating.

Here's a look at what might turn out to be the earliest, longest, and most expensive POTUS campaign in the history of modern politics- otherwise known as NBC's Young Rock:

Here's a Look at NBC's "Young Rock"

Nahnatchka Khan (Fresh Off the Boat) is developing the series and co-writing the pilot with Jeff Chiang (Fresh Off the Boat), with Johnson set to appear in each episode. NBC's Young Rock is executive produced by Khan, Johnson, Chiang, Dany Garcia, Hiram Garcia, Brian Gewirtz, and Jennifer Carreras. The show will be produced by Universal Television, Seven Bucks Productions, and Fierce Baby Productions.

Set to premiere in 2021, the cast of Young Rock includes Adrian Groulx as Johnson (aka Dewey) at age 10 – described as honest, headstrong, impressionable, and bold. Bradley Constant portrays Johnson at age 15, where he's doing his best to fit in as a normal teenager but puberty has other ideas. His size and full mustache have his classmates convinced he's an undercover cop. Uli Latukefu's Johnson (age 18-20) has just been recruited to play football on a full scholarship at powerhouse University of Miami. Though a superstar talent, a devastating injury during his freshman year puts his life at a crossroads.

Stacey Leilua portrays Johnson's mother Ata Johnson, who grew up in a first-generation pro wrestling family. A strong woman by both nature and necessity, she's a hopeful positive force in young Dwayne's life. Joseph Lee Anderson portrays Rocky Johnson, Dwayne's father. Described as charismatic and charming, the pro wrestling champion juggles the ups and downs of his career with being a well-intentioned, but unorthodox, husband and father. Ana Tuisila's Lia Maivia is Ata's mother and Johnson's grandmother. The first female pro-wrestling promoter in the country, Lia is a sweet, loving grandmother- but when need be? She can easily be a cutthroat, ruthless businesswoman. Lexie Duncan's (The Secret Daughter) Karen is 15-year-old Johnson's (Bradley Constant) high school sweetheart. A popular, charismatic, high-school girl with dreams of attending Barbizon beauty school, Johnson catches her eye, and they begin dating in the idyllic town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

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