Should you didn’t know Dwayne Johnson was starring as Mark Kerr in a biopic in regards to the former two-time UFC heavyweight event champion, you’d in all probability don’t know it was him within the first take a look at “The Smashing Machine.”
On Tuesday, A24 posted a teaser picture from author/director Benny Safdie’s characteristic movie wherein The Rock, as Kerr, is sitting on a stool within the ring whereas his cornermen work on him. Additionally within the picture, his spouse, performed by Emily Blunt, appears to be like on from ringside. The Rock, with a thick head of hair and with out his tattoos, is sort of unrecognizable and appears a lot like Kerr, you’ll should do a double take.
First take a look at Benny Safdie’s THE SMASHING MACHINE starring @TheRock and Emily Blunt. pic.twitter.com/GVC2XIHwGV
— A24 (@A24) Could 21, 2024
Kerr, who received back-to-back one-night UFC heavyweight tournaments in July and October of 1997, afterward went on to have a profitable run in Satisfaction FC that spanned the late Nineties to early 2000s. In keeping with Deadline, “The Smashing Machine” will give attention to the yr 2000 and the way Kerr’s life and rise as a blended martial artist was derailed by habit.
The Rock spent months coaching for the function and just lately shared photos of himself and Kerr within the health club collectively.
“The Smashing Machine” remains to be searching for a purchaser to distribute the movie. It was set to be screened on the 2024 Cannes Movie Competition in France.
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