Dwayne Johnson is ready to play the position of Mark Kerr within the upcoming biopic, The Smashing Machine. Within the first trailer of the brand new A24 movie, the actor brings the legendary MMA fighter again to life as he fights by the highs and the lows of life. Johnson is joined by his Jungle Cruise co-star, Emily Blunt, who portrays the position of Kerr’s lover, Daybreak.
Kerr peaked in his profession again within the late Nineties and early 2000s. With The Rock taking over the position, he takes the viewers by the athlete’s journey of profitable the UFC championship, whereas additionally going by the struggles of Kerr’s addictions, love, and loss.
Mark was given the identify The Smashing Machine for his aggressive type of combating within the ring. He has gained the UFC Championship twice, but additionally fought his dependancy to painkillers.
In the meantime, the upcoming film is Johnson’s probability to show his versatility, as he has by no means taken up such a job earlier than. In accordance with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor is “sporting prosthetics on his face to assist him higher resemble Kerr.” Furthermore, he has additionally labored on his “Ohio-area accent moderately than his trademark booming voice.”
The film had been within the works for fairly a while now, with the film star and the director, Benny Safdie, collaborating since Johnson’s manufacturing home, Seven Bucks, acquired the rights for Kerr’s biopic in 2019.
As for the solid members of the film, Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt can be joined by Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk. As for the producers, David Koplan, Johnson, Hiram Garcia, Dany Garcia, Safdie, and Eli Bush have come on board to fund the movie.
The Smashing Machine is scheduled to launch on October 3, 2025.
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