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Shares 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 In a move that marks a different cadence for Dwayne Johnson , otherwise known as The Rock , the trailer for A24’s The Smashing Machine has put the action star through his most dramatic on-screen transformation yet. The professional wrestler stars as real-life two-time UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr in the upcoming biopic, marking his first reunion with Emily Blunt, who plays the latter’s wife Dawn Staples, since 2021’s Jungle Cruise . Set to Frank Sinatra’s “My Way”, the trailer shows Johnson adopting an Ohio-area accent and prosthetics on his face as he says, “Winning is the best feeling there is.
It’s 40,000 people, and they are cheering you on. There is other high like it in the world.” Benny Safdie ( Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret , Oppenheimer ) serves as writer and director on the project, which shares the same name as the 2002 HBO documentary chronicling Kerr’s journey and struggles with addiction to pain killers.
Alongside Johnson and Blunt, former and professional fighters like Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, and Oleksandr Usyk have also been cast in supporting roles. Regarding his decision to take up the role, Johnson previously shared with Variety : “I’m at a point in my career where I want to push myself in ways that I’ve not pushed myself in the past. I’m at a point in my career where I want to make films that matter, that explore a humanity and explore struggle [and] pain.
” The biographical sports drama film punches into theatres on 3 October . Si Jia Si Jia is a casual geek at heart – or as casual as someone with Sephiroth’s theme on her Spotify playlist can get. A fan of movies, games, and Japanese culture, Si Jia’s greatest weakness is the Steam Summer Sale.
Or any Steam sale, really. A24 Dwayne Johnson the rock The Smashing Machine Will the movie deliver? Going back to where it all started. There’s always another way, even if Moana 2 gets lost finding it.
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