Friday, May 22, 2015

  Most selfies taken in three minutes: Dwayne Johnson breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

LONDON, UK -- Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, smashed the selfie Guinness World Records world record; the 43-year-old star took to the red carpet in London's Leicester Square with co-stars Kylie Minogue, Alexandra Daddario and Carla Gugino and director Brad Peyton; before the screening of the disaster drama, the Fast And Furious actor posed for selfies with 105 fans, setting the new world record for the Most selfies taken in three minutes, according to the World Record Academy .

  Photo: To break the Guinness World Records title, Johnson had to get more than 75 in-focus shots, taken by his own hand – and he achieved it with 105 selfies. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the longest self photographs (selfies) relay chain is 289 people, and was achieved in an event organised by Dubai Motor Festival, at Meydan, in Dubai, UAE, on 28 November 2014.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the most self-portrait photographs (selfies) taken in one hour it is 1,449 and was achieved by Patrick Peterson and NBC Sports (both USA) with students and faculty at Deer Valley High School in Glendale, Arizona, USA.

   Johnson, who used an iPhone to capture the snaps, also shared a, yep, selfie victory video on Instagram .

   "London, we did it!" he says in the clip , holding a Guinness World Record certificate as a large crowd cheers.

   "We just set a NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD for most self-portraits (selfies) taken in record time (yup, a selfie world record exists and your arm gets a helluva workout)," he wrote.

   "WORLD PREMIERE of SAN ANDREAS and rewriting the record books all in one night. #MicDropBoom #NewSelfieKing #LONDON #SanAndreasWorldTour MAY 29th."  

    The film stars Johnson as a Californian search and rescue helicopter pilot who has to rescue his estranged wife (played by Gugino) and daughter (Daddario) when an earthquake strikes in San Francisco.

    He considers this his most personal role to date, saying: "I couldn't have made this movie 10 years ago. This is the movie I had to live a life that I lived in order to step into these shoes."