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Watch Dwayne Johnson become Mark Kerr in The Smashing Machine featurette

September 17, 2025 by Amie Cranswick

A24 has released a featurette for The Smashing Machine, which sees writer-director Benny Safdie and stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt take us behind the scenes of the film as they discuss Johnson’s transformation into MMA & UFC fighter Mark Kerr for the acclaimed biographical sports drama; check it out below along with a new IMAX poster…

The film sees Dwayne Johnson lead the cast as MMA & UFC fighter Mark Kerr, alongside Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples, Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman, Bas Rutten as himself, Oleksandr Usyk as Igor Vovchanchyn, Lyndsey Gavin as Elizabeth Coleman, Satoshi Ishii as Enson Inoue, James Moontasri as Akira Shoji, Yoko Hamamura as Kazuyuki Fujita, and Stephen Quadros as himself.

SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Smashing Machine

The Smashing Machine arrives in cinemas on October 3rd.

 

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Benny Safdie, Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, the smashing machine

About Amie Cranswick

Amie Cranswick has been part of Flickering Myth's editorial team for over a decade. She has a background in publishing and copyediting and has served as Executive Editor of FlickeringMyth.com since 2020.

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