San Andreas premiere: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson attempts to set selfie world record on red carpet in London

The Fast And The Furious star Dwayne Johnson attempted to set a selfie world record at the world premiere of his new film San Andreas in London.

The wrestler-turned-actor, better known as The Rock, took to the red carpet in Leicester Square with co-stars Kylie Minogue, Alexandra Daddario and Carla Gugino and director Brad Peyton.

Before the screening of the disaster drama, the 43-year-old posed for selfies with more than 100 fans, who were allocated numbers in an attempt to set a new world record for the greatest number of selfies within three minutes.

Johnson has to get more than 75 in-focus shots, taken by his own hand.

"I gotta tell you, I consider myself the selfie king and I'm going to break this record in London," he said before the challenge.

Afterwards, he joked: "My jaw hurts but I hope I've broken the record."

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.

Johnson said: "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."

The cast had kicked off the film's promotional campaign when an earthquake hit Nepal on April 25.

"When I found out what happened in Nepal, I was heartbroken. We all felt collectively the best thing to do was to pause for a second with the marketing campaign," he said.

Gugino, who is reunited on screen with Johnson for the third time, said: "It's a tragedy.

"The thing that I found resonates in this film is the triumph of the human spirit, how human beings are so resilient, how they come out in these times of need and really help each other. I see that happening in Nepal, which I find really moving."

San Andreas opens in UK cinemas on May 28.

Additional reporting by the Press Association.