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How The Rock transformed his body — and mind — into Mark Kerr
SITTING IN A Beverly Hills hotel room during one of multiple media junkets, Dwayne Johnson spent nearly three minutes explaining how he morphed his mind and body into Mark Kerr for "The Smashing Machine" when he turned to the MMA pioneer and asked: "How did I do, by the way?"
Kerr opted for an anecdote. His son, Bryce, saw the film in New York a couple of months ago. He immediately called Kerr afterward and began whispering his thoughts, almost afraid to admit what he had seen.
"'Dad, he walks like you. He looks like you. He talks like you.' It was just [this] whole narrative of the confirmation of his transformation into somebody other than Dwayne Johnson," Kerr told ESPN and other reporters during a media roundtable last month. "It was this, you know, validation of a third party going, 'Oh my gosh, he's like Dad.'"
6 Reasons Why Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’ Was Knocked Out at the Box Office
Dwayne Johnson’s R-rated sports drama “The Smashing Machine” was knocked out at the box office with $6 million, a tragic start and career-worst debut for the A-list star. Those initial ticket sales are also a huge blow to A24, which spent $50 million to produce (and plenty more to market) the film and stands to lose tens of millions on the box-office bust.
Were moviegoers confused about what the Rock was cooking? “The Smashing Machine” features a rare dramatic performance from Johnson, who became a household name through action films and family friendly franchises such as “The Mummy,” “Fast and Furious” and “Moana.” In “The Smashing Machine,” he plays wrestler and UFC champion Mark Kerr as he makes a career comeback after battling substance abuse. It’s a grittier and more emotional role for the WWE fighter-turned-actor, one that’s far removed from the likes of Luke Hobbs, the Scorpion King or the demigod Maui. Though critics were mostly receptive (a 73% on Rotten Tomatoes), audiences dismissed “The Smashing Machine” with a tepid “B-” grade on CinemaScore exit polls.
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The man who gave the Rock a whole new face for 'The Smashing Machine'
Watching “The Smashing Machine,” you may find yourself squinting as if trying to puzzle through an optical illusion. How can that guy who your brain objectively knows is Dwayne “the Rock” Johnson look so much like the Rock, but also not?
What’s different, beyond the shock of seeing the Rock with hair? Is it the eyes? The ears? Are you misremembering the shape of the nose of one of the most famous humans on Earth? Or did you have it wrong in your head all along?
A lot has been made of the Rock’s on-screen transformation, with some describing the actor as “unrecognizable” in his portrayal of mixed-martial-arts pioneer Mark Kerr. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Kerr struggled with addiction while popularizing ultimate fighting, a sport that Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) called “barbaric” and “human cockfighting,” leading to its ban in many states.