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In The Smashing Machine, Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson is battered and defeated — in bloody fights by his opponents in the ring, and in quiet moments by the world. In the movie he plays real-life UFC fighter and mixed martial artist Mark Kerr, whose dominance at the sport in the late 1990s begins to fall apart as his dependence on …

The real-life UFC legend, director Benny Safdie, and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt tell IndieWire how they earned each other’s trust for the biopic. For Safdie, it involved the director telling Kerr his own life story, “all the wounds that are still there.” Source link

Dwayne Johnson plays MMA fighter Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine. Eric Zachanowich/A24 hide caption toggle caption Eric Zachanowich/A24 Movie star Dwayne Johnson has a laundry list of injuries he’s sustained over the course of his career as a profession wrestler and a college football player. There was a ruptured Achilles tendon, a complete shoulder reconstruction and either four or …

Emily Blunt and Benny Safdie don’t share a ton of screen time in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer,” where Oscar nominee Blunt played rabblerouser-turned-steely-wife Kitty Oppenheimer, and Safdie appeared as “father of the hydrogen bomb” Edward Teller. They did, though, spend time together during the making of the film. Specifically, in the makeup trailer. More specifically, talking about what would become, three …

One of this fall’s most highly anticipated new movies is an A24 film about a Syracuse University alumnus. Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a. The Rock, plays real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine.” The movie, directed by Benny Safdie and also starring Emily Blunt as Kerr’s girlfriend, hits theaters next week. Kerr got his start as a wrestler in Toledo, …

This picturesque farm in rural Virginia is Dwayne Johnson’s very private sanctuary, with a well-stocked pond that he usually fishes alone. “Just me,” he said, “and I’ll bring the girls here, and it’s magical. Just the way the property is set up, I never have to see anybody. And I know it sounds crazy, and maybe kind of weird, but …

TORONTO – Dwayne Johnson has been part of some incredible stunts in his action movie career, but the physical challenge of changing his voice for his latest role was a different kind of test altogether. The A-list Hollywood star is generating massive buzz for his performance in The Smashing Machine, in which Johnson plays former UFC star Mark Kerr. Johnson, …

The Rock as an Oscar nominee? It’s time to get used to the idea. When Dwayne Johnson broke down in uncontrollable sobs during a 15-minute standing ovation at the Venice International Film Festival, it became more than an emotional premiere moment for the wrestler-turned-actor. It signaled the potential birth of one of the unlikeliest Oscar contenders in recent memory, as …

Dwayne Johnson and Mark Kerr have a hit on their hands. The Smashing Machine-the Kerr biopic starring Johnson-was screened at the Venice Film Festival on Monday and at the conclusion the film received a 15-minute standing ovation that left Johnson, Kerr, and director Benny Safdie in tears as they embraced and absorbed the moment. Watch video of the ovation and …