The Daily Star is overseen by the Independent Press Standards Organisation, meaning Johnson could make an accuracy complaint to the press regulator.
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has claimed the Daily Star fabricated a front-page story in which the film star appeared to criticise millennials as “snowflakes”.
The Daily Star did not immediately return a request for comment.
Last year the newspaper was sold to Reach PLC, which also owns the Daily Express and the Daily Mirror.