--- title: The Rock Recreates Fanny Pack Photo on Saturday Night Live description: Dwayne Johnson recreated his iconic fanny pack photo for a Saturday Night Live photo shoot, and the internet is loving it. canonical: https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-22T19:21:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:43:51.339Z og:title: The Rock Thrilled the Internet By Recreating This Iconic Photo og:description: He recreated his iconic photo for Saturday Night Live. og:url: https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e9e6c40ca5b388/6988ce50bc6cfc26aa3e1763/the-rock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of "Baywatch" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Rock Thrilled the Internet By Recreating This Iconic Photo twitter:description: He recreated his iconic photo for Saturday Night Live. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e9e6c40ca5b388/6988ce50bc6cfc26aa3e1763/the-rock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Rock Gives the People What They Want With This Iconic Photo Remake > 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 May 22, 2017 7:21 PM UTC  MIAMI BEACH, FL - MAY 13: Dwayne Johnson attends Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of 'Baywatch' on May 13, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) MIAMI BEACH, FL - MAY 13: Dwayne Johnson attends Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of 'Baywatch' on May 13, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Photo by Johnny Louis/FilmMagic) Johnny Louis—FilmMagic  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner May 22, 2017 7:21 PM UTC Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, everybody’s [favorite _Baywatch_ star](https://www.instagram.com/p/BUSd2c-gTig/) and the [internet’s preferred celebrity](http://time.com/4760266/the-rock-best-moments/), never shies away from a chance to poke fun at himself. That tendency came out in full force when he hosted the weekend’s _Saturday Night Live_ and managed to re-create one of his most iconic moments in pop culture: his fanny pack photo. The picture, of a young Rock decked out in faded jeans, a black turtleneck, and that all-important leather fanny pack, is a favorite of his fandom and of pop culture in general; it pops up often as a [Halloween costume](https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/719024176971911170) over the years, for instance. So for his hosting gig, the people tasked with putting together the “bumper” photos that kick off each of the evening’s segments apparently decided to remake the look. And the internet is very much here for the ensuing shots. The Rock really [is on a roll](http://time.com/4773807/the-rock-on-trump-travel-ban/) lately. > [](https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/866155673469538306) > [](https://twitter.com/nathanlonghair/status/866176920534360064) > [](https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/866342948140711936) > [](https://twitter.com/CiaraTranHudson/status/866721761416577024) > [](https://twitter.com/WakeUpSooner/status/866157715059601408) He also took the time to respond to a [meme about him](https://instagram.com/p/BUSd2c-gTig/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/"},"headline":"The Rock Gives the People What They Want With This Iconic Photo Remake","datePublished":"2017-05-22T19:21:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:43:51.339Z","description":"Dwayne Johnson recreated his iconic fanny pack photo for a Saturday Night Live photo shoot, and the internet is loving it.","url":"https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","SNL","Photos","Late Night Television","the rock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e9e6c40ca5b388/6988ce50bc6cfc26aa3e1763/the-rock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf8e9e6c40ca5b388/6988ce50bc6cfc26aa3e1763/the-rock1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of \"Baywatch\"","caption":"Paramount Pictures' World Premiere of \"Baywatch\"","creditText":"Johnny Louis—FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4788809/the-rock-fanny-pack-photo-snl/","name":"The Rock Gives the People What They Want With This Iconic Photo Remake"}}]}] ```