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Two-time Oscar winner Kazu Hiro on turning Dwayne Johnson into fighter Mark Kerr for ‘The Smashing Machine’

Screen Daily 28 Nov 2025
This unflashy approach was Hiro’s guiding principle for Benny Safdie’s , transforming Dwayne Johnson into wrestler/mixed-martial-arts fighter Mark Kerr... “We decided on the subtle version because Benny wanted an essence of Mark Kerr.
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Vin Diesel Praises Dwayne Johnson & Mark Kerr After The Smashing Machine

Coming Soon 26 Nov 2025
Vin Diesel took to social media to reflect on his close relationship with Mark Kerr and celebrate Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s work in The Smashing Machine ... Vin Diesel shares high praises for Mark Kerr and Dwayne Johnson.
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‘The Smashing Machine’ movie review: Dwayne Johnson disappears into Mark Kerr to deliver a knockout

The Hindu 10 Oct 2025
Benny Safdie’s biographical sports drama about MMA fighter Mark Kerr is a harrowing watch, thanks to bruising performances from Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, and Nala Sinephro’s unsettling jazz score ....
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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson reveals the painful truth about Mark Kerr and how The Smashing Machine changed his respect for fighters

The Times of India 09 Oct 2025
Dwayne Johnson, known worldwide as The Rock, is bringing the life of fighter Mark Kerr to the screen in his new movie, The Smashing Machine ... Johnson said that after walking in Mark Kerr’s shoes, he now has more respect than ever for fighters.
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How The Rock transformed his body -- and mind -- into Mark Kerr

TSN Canada 07 Oct 2025
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.
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There's only one movie you need to understand The Smashing Machine's Mark Kerr

AV Club 07 Oct 2025
The Life And Times Of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr lets its subject’s aw-shucks personality and the wet, meaty thwack of knee strikes and hammer fists speak for themselves ... That’s one side of Mark Kerr, one side of The Smashing Machine.
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‘It’s just really amazing’: Mark Kerr talks about watching ‘The Smashing Machine’

The Times of India 05 Oct 2025
The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the titular role and is directly based on the life of Mark Kerr, the reigning UFC champion when the tournaments had just begun to gain traction ... the life of Mark Kerr.
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Who is Mark Kerr? Inside the career and family of MMA star behind ‘The Smashing Machine’

The Times of India 05 Oct 2025
Mark Kerr, a famous fighter from Ohio, is the man who inspired Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s new film The Smashing Machine ... His performance has already sparked Oscar talk.Mark Kerr’s rise in MMA and UFC ...
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Where Are The Smashing Machine’s Mark Kerr & Dawn Staples Now?

Coming Soon 03 Oct 2025
The Smashing Machine stars Dwayne Johnson as MMA legend Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as Dawn Staples ... Where is Dwayne Johnson’s Mark Kerr from The Smashing Machine now?. Mark Kerr was born on December 21, 1968, in Toledo, Ohio.
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