Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Talks 'Beautiful' Interaction With a Gorilla Johnson was on The Ellen DeGeneres Show to promote his upcoming movie, which he trained for by visiting researchers at the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Atlanta. The primatologist who was in charge of feeding Taz, she said, ‘Okay, it may take him a while to get here.’ She goes, ‘I just want to warn you. You’re an alpha, he’s gonna sense that and feel it. He’s gonna become very aggressive...She says, ‘It’s just going to be part of the process.’ I’m like, ‘Okay.’ [The silverback] comes over, and he sits down, and he just waits for me to feed him. And it was beautiful. The primatologist says, ‘I’ve never seen him act this way.’ While working at the Fund in Atlanta, Johnson ended up befriending a male silverback gorilla. Catch The Rock in Rampage when it hits theaters Apr. 13.