United Kingdom, June 23 -- Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's children were shocked when they saw him in character for Moana.

The former WWE star - who has Simone, 24, with ex-wife Dany Garcia and Jasmine, 10, and eight-year-old Tiana with spouse Lauren Hashian - has transformed his appearance for roles in the past, but his brood found it particularly "jarring" to see him with long flowing locks as the demi-God Maui in the live-action viersion of the Disney story.

He told E! News: "The first time they saw me as Maui, they were like, 'Oh.'

"It was jarring for them for maybe 10 minutes. Just to see me with hair, and I get it, it's a lot of hair.

"It's not like Smashing Machine, where it's just a little bit [of hair]. This is long, beautiful, l...