In the film, Johnson plays real-life MMA legend Mark Kerr. Johnson sat in the makeup chair for two hours undergoing a ...

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson opens up about transforming into MMA and UFC fighter Mark Kerr for the new movie "The Smashing ...

Benny Safdie wrote and directed the A24 feature that also stars Emily Blunt in the story of Kerr's path as a UFC Hall of ...

To hear him describe it, Mark Kerr felt like he was walking into the unknown. It was July 27, 1997 when Kerr, then 28, walked ...

Dwayne Johnson's new film \"The Smashing Machine\" highlights Mark Kerr's life. Kerr, an MMA legend, inspired the movie. He ...

In the spirit of maintaining authenticity, director Benny Safdie and The Rock made a pact that is virtually unheard of for a ...

The Smashing Machine was released on October 3, 2025, by A24. Prior to that, it bagged the Silver Lion award at the 82nd ...

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson completely transformed into fighter Mark Kerr for the biographical sports drama The Smashing ...

Here's everything you need to know on the real-life Mark Kerr: Mark Kerr is a 56-year-old retired wrestler and mixed martial ...

Dwayne Johnson plays MMA legend Mark Kerr in "The Smashing Machine." The UFC hall of famer weighs in on what's fact and ...

Mark Kerr and the makers of the new A24 film 'The Smashing Machine' talk about how they collaborated to tell Kerr's true ...

Mark Kerr, the subject of "The Smashing Machine," was a champion wrestler in college and is in the UFC Hall of Fame.