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'The Smashing Machine' scenes that hurt Dwayne Johnson most weren't filmed in the ring

Playing the lead role of Mark Kerr in "The Smashing Machine," Dwayne Johnson took his share of bumps and bruises filming those early UFC and PRIDE-era fight scenes and even got his "bell rung" for ...
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Dwayne Johnson on disappearing into his “Smashing Machine” role, Emily Blunt on the scene that made her vomit

Emily Blunt jokes she would've 'been pissed' if Johnson and director Benny Safdie, her Oppenheimer costar, hadn't asked her to play Dawn. The two stars detail some of their emotionally grueling scenes ...
Yardbarker

Exclusive: How Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Jungleland’ made ‘signature’ Smashing Machine scene pop

A pivotal scene in the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-led The Smashing Machine features the iconic Bruce Springsteen song from Born to Run, “Jungleland.” It is played in the background of a heated argument ...
AOL

Emily Blunt Reveals On-Set Ritual During ‘The Smashing Machine’ — 'The Scenes Were Shattering at Times'

Emily Blunt dishes on the behind-the-scenes secret while filming the biopic The Smashing Machine. One of 2025’s most talked-about movies, the story of legendary wrestler and MMA fighter Mark Kerr ...
Bloody Elbow

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson admits he wasn’t acting in one ‘The Smashing Machine’ scene after telling fighter to hit him

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson knew that he needed to feel what his character actually went through to improve a scene. It’s clear from his reaction to finished movie that ‘The Smashing Machine’ was an ...
USA Today

Is there a post-credit scene in 'The Smashing Machine'?

Dwayne Johnson's latest movie, The Smashing Machine, hits theaters on Friday. It tells the story of real life UFC fighter Mark Kerr and his journey through life as he navigated drug addiction and his ...
Bleacher Report

WWE's The Rock Says He Got Concussion Filming Fight Scene on 'The Smashing Machine'

During an appearance Tuesday on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, WWE legend Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson described the legitimate physical pain he endured in a particular scene for the upcoming movie ...
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Inside 'The Smashing Machine's' brutal fight scenes

If you came out of “The Smashing Machine” thinking “that must have hurt,” it was by design. Director Benny Safdie strove to make his biopic about pioneering mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr ...
Hartford Courant

Dwayne Johnson dove deep for ‘The Smashing Machine,’ with a little push from friends

Fear is not something one typically associates with Dwayne Johnson. Certainly not in the ring, as the charismatic heel with the cocked eyebrow, and not in Hollywood, where he has cemented himself as ...
Nashville Scene

'The Smashing Machine' Gives The Rock His Biggest Canvas Yet

When I first learned that indie directing duo the Safdie brothers' first solo directorial efforts were going to be sports movies, I was a bit puzzled. That knowledge of and respect for the world of ...
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Dwayne Johnson on disappearing into his “Smashing Machine” role, Emily Blunt on the scene that made her vomit

In The Smashing Machine, he delivers a performance full of pain, heartbreak, passion, resilience, and tenacity as Mark Kerr, an MMA fighter who became a pioneer in the world of UFC. Behind the scenes, ...