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Dwayne Johnson unrecognizable as the Legend of the UFC Mark Kerr

Dwayne Johnson experiences its most dramatic transformation on the screen to date in the first trailer of The Smashing Machinea biographical film about the bicampeón of heavyweight of the UFC, Mark Kerr.

Benny Safdie, one of the two Safdie brothers who co -directed and wrote Uncut Gems and Good Timehe debuts as a solo director with this film. In addition to Johnson, the cast includes Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Kerr’s wife, Bas Rutten, Lyndsey Gavin and Oleksandr Usyk. The Smashing Machine It is the second collaboration of Johnson and Blunt from Jungle Cruise From Disney in 2021, and will soon form a team with Leonardo DiCaprio in a Hawaiian police thriller by Martin Scorsese.

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Kerr was a mixed martial arts fighter who fought from 1997 to 2009, winning four world ADCC world championships throughout his career. In 2002, Kerr was the protagonist of an HBO documentary, also entitled The Smashing Machine, that focused on his addiction problems and his problematic relationship with his girlfriend and coaches.

Kerr and Safdie are coguionistas. Safdie, Johnson, Danny García, Eli Bush, Hiram García and David Koplan are producers. Tracey Landon is an executive producer.

The film arrives at theaters on October 3.

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