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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emily Blunt jokes she would've 'been pissed' if Johnson and director Benny Safdie, her Oppenheimer costar, hadn't asked her to ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson took real headshots on set and suffered a concussion filming The Smashing Machine. He gained about 30 pounds to accurately portray MMA legend Mark Kerr. The film premiered at ...

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 ...

In The Smashing Machine, Blunt plays the wife of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Blunt saw her character, Dawn, as someone who was “always chasing wildness.” She felt this side of Dawn was on display in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Smashing Machine star Dwayne Johnson explains why he looking for a role to 'disappear' into. Emily Blunt jokes she would've 'been pissed' if Johnson and director Benny Safdie, her Oppenheimer ...