His feud with Vin Diesel began after the duo worked together a decade ago on the Fast Five film, which is part of the Fast and Furious franchise.
And Dwayne Johnson clarified about their current relationship - which is nonexistent - in a new interview for Vanity Fair.
The actor, 49, said he and Vin, 54, are 'philosophically two different people, and we approach the business of moviemaking in two very different ways.'
Speaking out: His feud with Vin Diesel began after the duo worked together a decade ago on the Fast Five film, which is part of the Fast and Furious franchise. And Dwayne Johnson clarified about their current relationship - which is nonexistent - in a new interview for Vanity Fair
The action star explained to Vanity Fair the difference between him and Vin: 'It's the philosophy of going into work every day. Looking at everybody as equal partners. And looking at the studio as equal partners.'
'And looking at the crew, regardless of where you're at, either on the call sheet or otherwise, as equal partners - with respect and humility, and being respectful of the process and every other human being who is putting in just as much time, just as much hard work and sweat equity, if not more.'
'And I think it's always been important to me to always be straight up and look somebody in the eye. And if you say you're going to do something, do it.'
The star made no attempt to hide his feelings about Vin: 'One part of me feels like there's no way I would dignify any of that bullsh** with an answer. But here's the truth. I've been around the block a lot of times. Unlike him, I did not come from the world of theater. And, you know, I came up differently and was raised differently.'
'And I came from a completely different culture and environment. And I got into every project giving it my all. And if I feel that there's some things that need to be squared away and handled and taken care of, then I do it. And it's just simple. So when I read that, just like everybody else, I laughed. I laughed hard. We all laughed. And somewhere I'm sure Fellini is laughing too.'
Beef: The actor, 49, said he and Vin, 54, are 'philosophically two different people, and we approach the business of moviemaking in two very different ways;' seen in Fast Five in 2011
The Fellini reference - for Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini - was something Vin used when he explained how he gave 'a lot of tough love' to Dwayne while in the film Hobbs & Shaw in 2019, which Vin served as a producer.
Vin had said in a Men's Health interview earlier this summer about his beef with Dwayne: 'My approach at the time was lot of tough love to assist in getting that performance where it needed to be. As a producer to say, Okay, we're going to take Dwayne Johnson, who's associated with wrestling, and we're going to force this cinematic world, audience members, to regard his character as someone that they don't know - Hobbs hits you like a ton of bricks. That's something that I'm proud of, that aesthetic. That took a lot of work. We had to get there and sometimes, at that time, I could give a lot of tough love. Not Fellini-esque, but I would do anything I'd have to do in order to get performances in anything I'm producing.'
When he was reminded of Vin's quote by Vanity Fair writer Chris Heath, Dwayne laughed.
In 2019, Dwayne and Vin had a meeting to clear their air which he had previously spoken out about, calling it 'a meeting of clarity.'
He said in Vanity Fair of the conversation: 'Well, there was a meeting. I wouldn't call it a peaceful meeting. I would call it a meeting of clarity. He and I had a good chat in my trailer, and it was out of that
