The Rock Halted Production Of ‘Baywatch’ So He Could Do Something Really Awesome With Sick Kids

The Rock was busy shooting Baywatch in Savannah, Georgia over the weekend and happened to be filming a scene outside a hospital where shortly thereafter, was informed that some young fans in the hospital badly wanted to meet him.

If you know anything about The Rock and his tendency towards making the extra effort and hitting the pause button to do meaningful things — especially when it comes to kids — you probably know how this one ends.

But during the surprise visit at Savannah’s Pediatric Specialty Ward, he also learned of a older kid who was in the main hospital that obviously hoped to meet him as well. I’ll let The Rock take the baton from here:

So I called an audible and went to visit Christopher. Glad we did… While I was visiting the Pediatric Specialty Ward surprising the kids, I got word from my team that there was a mom who was pleading with our production staff, that I go upstairs to her son’s room to give him a much needed big surprise. Since he’s older he’s in the main hospital and not in pediatric care. We were shooting #BAYWATCH scenes outside of the hospital, but instead of heading back to shoot I called the audible, put production on hold and went upstairs to see this young man. I walked in and his smile lit up the room! And I mean lit that room up!;) We talked for a while about his family, his school and how hard he’s working to eventually graduate AND we talked about how COOL all his scars are from his multiple surgeries – from his head to his chest – those scars are badges of honor and the reminder of how beyond tough this kid is. Right before I left his mom looked at him and said, “Christopher I can’t give you anything, but I’m so happy I could give you this today…” and she started to breakdown, which was captured in this pic. Made me think to give so much credit to these parents who would do anything to take their kid’s pain away and ANYTHING to bring a smile to their faces. As a papa bear I understand. Glad this mom brought a smile to Christopher’s face. And glad I got a chance to shake the hand of this very strong and inspiring young man. Stay strong Christopher and show them scars with pride. You’re the man!

What a cool moment. Only The Rock can get away with halting production on the spot.

 

Now, you could probably view this one of two ways. The cynic in me might say we’re always getting stuff like this from The Rock’s Instagram account and deem it as just more “good PR,” or you could say the guy actually does get genuine satisfaction out of doing selfless things such as hanging with kids in a hospital, because it’s something they’ll remember forever.

Yeah, I’ll go ahead and take the latter instead of being a cynical prick. Take one look at everything happening in that photo and you can’t tell me this smile isn’t sincere.

Here’s The Rock when he initially arrived at the pediatric ward.

 

It’s his extensive comments and with some humor sprinkled in that always seem to make these things extra unique.

[H/T @BleacherReport]