Culture news Totally unrecognizable, Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) gets back into the ring, and it's been a long time since we've been so eager to see one of his films
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The Rock returns in a new biographical film tracing the life of Mark Kerr aka “The Smashing Machine”. The A24 production studio which is responsible for the feature film posted an image of the actor in the fighter's skin and the resemblance is striking!
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A wrestler in the role of an MMA fighter
You do not dream ! The Rock does indeed have hair as shown in this image from his next film The Smashing Machine which will be released in 2025. Unrecognizable, The Rock will play MMA fighter Mark Kerr in this film which traces the latter's life. Produced by the A24 company behind the film Civil War released last month, Benny Safdie takes on the role of director for this biopic.
This feature film will retrace the journey of the world number 1 in MMA, the film promises to treat the career of Mark Kerr in its entiretyfrom heavyweight grappling champion, to university wrestling champion and major winner of UFC 14 and 15. This film promises to amaze us with grandiose reproductions of the champion's greatest fights while resuming his tormented life. The film could be inspired by the first documentary of the same name released in 2003 on HBO.
Dwayne Johnson is the perfect actor to fill this role. With his past as a wrestler, he could use his fighting career to adopt Mark Kerr's fighting habits! Especially since the actor seems to have a physique similar to that of the former MMA champion, the makeup artists and hairstylists of the film have outdone themselves to make the resemblance even more obvious.
A springboard for The Rock's career
If today the former wrestler seems to succeed on the big screen, this was not the case during his first adventures in the cinema. The Rock is now known worldwide and has appeared in the films Black Adam and Jumanji: Next Level in recent years. These films received good response from the audience and were not box office failures. However, Dwayne Johnson also had a series of failures on the big screen, he had difficulty confirming his place in the cinematographic field and for example was the main actor in an adaptation of the game Doom released in 2005, which was a box office flop.
Dwayne Johnson in the movie Doom
The Rock does not let himself be defeated and continues to express himself on the big screen. It is certain that The Smashing Machine will be able to compete with the recent The Iron Claw by Sean Durkin. The biopic plans to finish filming on August 1 and is expected to film several scenes in Los Angeles, New Mexico and Japan!