This unflashy approach was Hiro’s guiding principle for Benny Safdie’s , transforming Dwayne Johnson into wrestler/mixed-martial-arts fighter MarkKerr. ... “We decided on the subtle version because Benny wanted an essence of Mark Kerr.
Benny Safdie’s biographical sports drama about MMA fighter MarkKerr is a harrowing watch, thanks to bruising performances from Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt, and Nala Sinephro’s unsettling jazz score ....
Dwayne Johnson, known worldwide as The Rock, is bringing the life of fighter MarkKerr 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.
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 MarkKerr for “The Smashing Machine” when he turned to the MMA pioneer and asked.
The Life And Times Of ExtremeFighterMarkKerr 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.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson in the titular role and is directly based on the life of MarkKerr, the reigning UFC champion when the tournaments had just begun to gain traction ... the life of Mark Kerr.