SPOILER ALERT: This interview includes minor details from the pilot episode of Young Rock which premieres tonight on NBC.In the new NBC family comedy Young Rock based on the life of global superstar Dwayne Johnson, there is a scene where a teen Dwayne purchases a clunker of a car from a sketchy guy for about $100.
While driving the car, he discovers that there is another sketchy person living in the back of the car. When Deadline talked to Nahnatchka Khan, co-showrunner, creator, and executive producer of Young Rock we assumed that this was just a funny, wild story to fold into the true story of Johnson.Turns out the story was true.“That was the story he told us,” said Khan. “We were like, ‘This is amazing’ but the ending in the episode
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