Dwayne Johnson said he took one of the original Jumanji dice home from the set of Jumanji: Open World, turning a prop into a private tribute to Robin Williams. He said the dice was one half of the pair used in the 1995 film and that he wore it in the new movie as an Easter egg.
He made the remarks at a Sony Pictures event at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, where he described the prop as a nod to the franchise’s past and to the actor who helped start it. Johnson said the new film would not have happened “without one man, and that's Robin Williams,” linking the souvenir directly to the original story’s legacy.
The timing matters because Johnson was not just reminiscing about an old franchise. He was explaining a prop choice tied to the run-up to the next Jumanji film, and he has now made clear that the dice was meant as a show of respect. In an Instagram video, he also said the original dice was an Easter egg and a way of honoring Williams and the series he started.
What makes the story stick is the part Johnson seemed less eager to dwell on. He said he took the dice home, then said crew members asked for it back and that he changed the subject when they brought it up. “They were like, ‘Hey DJ, do you have the…?’ And I was like, ‘Nah, I gave it — I don’t — ah, I got to go,’” he said, leaving open the simple question of whether the souvenir ever made it back to the set.
Johnson also said he took Maui’s magical fishhook from Moana, and said there were multiple versions of that prop. But the Jumanji dice carries the sharper meaning: one half of a pair from the 1995 film, worn again years later as a tribute to Williams. Johnson has already told audiences why he did it. He has not said whether he returned it.
