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Dwayne Johnson appears quite unrecognisable as renowned two-time UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr. Dwayne Johnson’s highly anticipated biography, The Smashing Machine, has released its first trailer. While the trailer has created a lot of buzz, fans are astonished by the actor’s drastic on-screen transformation.
Dwayne Johnson appears quite unrecognisable as renowned two-time UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr. The teaser depicts Kerr’s tremendous highs and devastating lows in his career as well as his personal troubles outside the ring. The trailer opens with a bruised Dwayne as Mark sitting in a doctor’s clinic with puffy eyes.
The video transitions to ring flashbacks and vicious beatdowns, with Mark asking, “Have you heard of the Ultimate Fighting Championship? The UFC?" The teaser also gives a summary of the film’s plot, as Mark explores his life as a UFC fighter while navigating his relationship with Dawn (Emily Blunt). The trailer implies that the film would also address Mark’s struggles with opioid addiction. Dwayne’s fans are amazed by his drastic makeover for the production.
They’re eagerly waiting for the release and took to the comments section to express their delight. One of them wrote, “You know it’s not just the physical transformation, it sounds like Dwayne is trying a different cadence in his voice, a different delivery, than what he’s done for most of his other movies," while another stated, “It’s a unique compliment for the Rock when no one recognises him in a film. I’m glad he challenged himself for this role.
He is phenomenal in this trailer and I can’t wait to see it." A fan also noted, “the prostheses in the nose and brow are so subtle and yet he really does look like another person – and the body transformation, too." Mark Kerr was a two-time UFC Heavyweight Tournament Champion and four-time ADCC World Champion, and was one of the most well-known MMA fighters in the late 1990s.
The Smashing Machine will look at both his domination in the cage and his psychological troubles, which were first covered in a 2002 HBO documentary. The film is expected to release on October 3..
