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Dwayne Johnson is unrecognizable in the first trailer of ‘The Smashing Machine’

‘The Smashing Machine’ is one of the most anticipated films of 2025. The reason is more than evident: Dwayne Johnson’s brutal appearance To put on the skin of the two -time UFC Mark Kerr champion. The first image of the solo debut as director of Benny Safdie has already aroused the interest of all cinephiles, but the first trailer is even more spectacular. Is that the rock really?

‘The Smashing Machine’ tells Mark Kerr’s story, one of the great mixed martial arts figures in the 90s and 2000s. His career, full of victories, abuse of analgesics and problems with his staff and his partnerplayed in the movie by Emily Blunt, they took HBO to dedicate a documentary with the same title as the film, which refers to the nickname for which he was known in the industry.

Emily Blunt in 'The Smashing Machine'
Emily Blunt in ‘The Smashing Machine’ (A24)

More than 20 years after that documentary, Benny Safdie moves away from his brother Joshua, with whom he created authentic wonders like ‘Good Time’ or ‘Gross Diamonds’, To bring Kerr’s story to the big screen by the prestigious A24. Will we be facing the first Oscar nomination of Dwayne Johnson?

Dwayne Jonhson is completely changed in 'The Smashing Machine'
Dwayne Jonhson is completely changed in ‘The Smashing Machine’ (A24)

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It is not the first time that Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt share screen … nor will it be the last. Both actors starred in 2021 ‘Jungle Cruise’, fun adventure film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra, and soon they will meet again in the new Martin Scorsese, a thriller about the Hawaiian mafia of the 60s and 70s in which we will also have Leonardo DiCaprio.

‘The Smashing Machine’ will arrive at the US cinemas October 3, 2025. We will have to wait to know the date of your debut in Spain.

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