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Victor Cruz gives lowdown on acting with ‘The Rock’

Victor Cruz might not be ready to play again, but the Giants receiver is definitely ready for his closeup.

Cruz hardly could contain his excitement on the final day of minicamp Thursday for Sunday night’s premiere of the new HBO series “Ballers” with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, mainly because Cruz will appear as himself in three episodes this season.

Cruz will make his first appearance in the fourth episode scheduled to air late next month.

“It’s been fun,” Cruz said of his budding career as an actor. “It’s different for me, being my first time working on that scale of television.