--- title: The Rock: Funny 'Moana' Video, Auli'i Cravalho Watch description: Auli'i Cravalho and The Rock face off to see who has the better mastery of the classic eyebrow raise—and Lin-Manuel Miranda is the judge. canonical: https://time.com/4516784/the-rock-eyebrow-moana/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T19:53:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:15.302Z og:title: Watch The Rock and the Star of 'Moana' Raise Some Eyebrows og:description: Auli'i Cravalho and The Rock face off, with Lin-Manuel Miranda there to judge. og:url: https://time.com/4516784/the-rock-eyebrow-moana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch The Rock and the Star of 'Moana' Raise Some Eyebrows twitter:description: Auli'i Cravalho and The Rock face off, with Lin-Manuel Miranda there to judge. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch The Rock, Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Star of Disney's _Moana_ Compete in an Eyebrow-Raising Contest > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 3, 2016 7:53 PM UTC  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Oct 3, 2016 7:53 PM UTC [Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson](http://time.com/4366255/moana-trailer-the-rock-polynesian-godana-trailer/?iid=sr-link3) may be known for his signature eyebrow raise (known colloquially as [the “People’s Eyebrow,”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhZibpjFKX8)) but [Disney’s newest face, Auli’i Cravalho](http://time.com/4064545/disney-princess-moana-voice/?iid=sr-link2) of _Moana_, decided to give him a run for his money. “Dwayne and I are here, and we have a little bet: that I, you know, being the main character in _Moana_, I can do the People’s Eyebrow. And I can do it better than him,” Cravalho explains cheekily in a video shared to Twitter. So the [two _Moana_ co-stars](http://time.com/4495516/new-moana-trailer-disney-dwayne-johnson-aulii-cravalho/?iid=sr-link1) give the camera their best face. While The Rock says he appreciates the young actress’s confidence, he’s not so sure she has what it takes to make the signature expression; he even compliments his own look, calling it “sexy,” to Auli’i’s disbelief. The real test: which of the two can do not just one but both sides. Luckily, _Hamilton_‘s [Lin-Manuel Miranda](http://time.com/4384946/lin-manuel-miranda-hamilton-last-show/?iid=sr-link4)—who’s also a contributor to _Moana_ as a composer on the soundtrack—jumps in at the last second to proclaim a winner of the contest. 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