Dwayne Johnson Looks So Unrecognizable In New Role That People Think It’s Strategic
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Social media users were suspicious of the Rock’s intentions after A24 released a still of him as MMA star Mark Kerr in “The Smashing Machine.”
Social media users are pretty sure they can smell what the Rock is cooking.
On Tuesday, the entertainment company A24 released a still from its upcoming film “The Smashing Machine,” which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as real-life mixed martial arts champion Mark Kerr. And when the photo of Johnson hit social media, people were shocked by how different he looked.
Kerr co-wrote the “Smashing Machine” screenplay with “Uncut Gems” filmmaker Benny Safdie, who is also directing the biopic. Emily Blunt will play Dawn Staples, Kerr’s girlfriend. (It’ll be a reunion for Blunt and Johnson, who co-starred in “Jungle Cruise” in 2021.) The movie is set to release next year.
In 2002, HBO released a documentary about the former fighter, also called “The Smashing Machine,” that detailed Kerr’s problems with substance misuse and highlighted the early days of MMA, when the sport was significantly more brutal than it is today.
Following the reveal of Tuesday’s image, some folks on X, formerly known as Twitter, had a somewhat cynical take on Johnson’s intentions in tackling a role as meaty as Kerr’s life story.
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