The Smashing Machine is a biographical drama movie slated for launch on October 3, 2025. Directed by Benny Safdie, the movie options Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson because the lead, portraying the previous MMA fighter and combined martial artist, Mark Kerr. It is based mostly on the 2002 documentary, The Smashing Machine: The Life and Instances of Excessive Fighter Mark Kerr.
The narrative relies on the lifetime of Mark Kerr, chronicling his troubled profession in the course of the sport’s unregulated early days (1997-2000). The story revolves round Kerr’s two-time UFC heavyweight event title and his supremacy within the ring, which contrasts sharply along with his troubles outdoors of it, particularly his battle with opiate habit introduced on by the bodily toll of his fights
It additionally explores his struggles in private life, notably along with his accomplice, Daybreak Staples (performed by Emily Blunt). The supporting solid options Ryan Bader enjoying fellow fighter Mark Coleman and Bas Rutten portraying himself. The film has already acquired optimistic opinions from critics, and on the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant, Safdie received a Silver Lion for Greatest Director.
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson portrays Mark Kerr within the documentary movie The Smashing Machine
Dwayne Johnson is portraying the two-time UFC Heavyweight Match Champion, Mark Kerr, in The Smashing Machine. Knowledgeable wrestler himself, Johnson’s portrayal of the MMA pioneer is hailed as probably the most profound and transformative of his profession. Johnson underwent a drastic bodily and emotional transformation, together with hours of each day prosthetic work and weight achieve, to embody the UFC champion.
Johnson, recognized for his charming, blockbuster-action physique and persona, attracts on his deep, private understanding of the fight sports activities world, together with the bodily toll, the popularity and the extreme strain of efficiency. Dwayne Johnson started his performing profession with 2001’s blockbuster The Mummy Returns, which led to his first starring position within the 2002 spin-off, The Scorpion King.
Ever since, his profession shifted from skilled wrestling to a significant Hollywood star, recognized for action-adventure blockbusters. Johnson ultimately grew to become one among Hollywood’s highest-paid and most profitable actors. His notable performances embrace becoming a member of the Quick & Livid franchise with Quick 5 (2011), voicing Maui in Disney’s Moana (2016) and the profitable Jumanji movies.
Supporting solid of The Smashing Machine
Listed under are all of the supporting solid and characters in The Smashing Machine:
- Emily Blunt as Daybreak Staples
- Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman
- Bas Rutten as himself
- Kenny Rice as Vale Tudo Announcer
- Jerin Valel as Sergio Batarelli
- Andre Tricoteux as Paul Varelans
- James McSweeney as Varelans’ Cornerman
- Jonathan Corbblah as UFC 1997 Interviewer
- Ilan Rosenberg as Coleman’s Cornerman
- Nick Toren as UFC 1977 Photojournalist
- Jill Basey as Peggy
- Bethany Brown as Nurse
- Raja Flores as Dr. Cortez
- Randi Lynne as Receptionist
- Soichi Sato as Window Seat Passenger
- Takaaki Nagata as Taxi Driver
- Jugo Hashimoto as Vespa Driver
- Haruo Tokashiki as Satisfaction 1999 Official
- Yasuhiro Nakatsuka as Satisfaction 19999 Journalist #1
- Hiroko Taki as Small Shopkeeper
- Oleksandr Usyk as Igor Vovchanchyn
- Hironori Kamoshita as Satisfaction 1999 Journalist #2
- Egidiyus Klimas as Igor’s Supervisor
- Yasuko Mitsuura as Satisfaction Director
- Shinpei Otsuki as Satisfaction Translator
- Olga Dzyurak as Igor’s Translator
- Takeshi Kurokawa as Flight Attendant
- Tomoka Kobayashi as Satisfaction 1999 Worker
- Tak Sasaki as Satisfaction 1999 Referee
- Chris Franco as Igor’s Cornerman
- Takao Osawa as Mr. Sakakibara
- Midori Takiya as Mr. Sakakibara’s Translator
- Naoshi Sasaki as Satisfaction 1999 Pharmacist
- Zoe Kosovic as McKenzie Coleman
- Lyndsey Gavin as Kelley Coleman
- Rina Shimomura as Satisfaction 1999 Journalist #3
- Royal Johnston as Gravitron Operator
- Whitney Moore as Jaqueline
- Adrianne Lovato as Waiter
- Tomoya Naka as Satisfaction 2000 Photographer
- Yûki Kedôin as Satisfaction 2000 Photographer
- Joshua Mazerolle as HGE Sparring Companion
- Jason William Day as HGE Sparring Companion
- Stephen Quadros
- Tomoyasu Hotei
- Nala Sinephro as Star Spangled Banner Performer
- Satoshi Ishii as Enson Inoue
- Yoko Hamamura as Kazuyuki Fujita
- Ryan Ventura as Satisfaction 2000 Announcer
- Paul Wu as Satisfaction 2000 Referee
- Gary Copeland as Kerr/Inoue Referee
- Jaime Truthful as Phoenix Barber
- Jordan Greer as Ohio State Wrestling Companion
- Byron Capers as Phoenix Police Officer
- Ei Yoshikawa as Satisfaction 2000 Journalist
- Mark Kerr
- Annette Alvarado as Grocery Retailer Cashier
- Marcus Aurelio as Mestre Hulk
- Roberto de Abreu Filho as Fabio Gurgel
- Lance Gibson as UFC Contender
- James Moontasri as Akira Shoji
- Paul Cheng as Masaaki Satake
- Yushin Okami as Alexander Otsuka
- Marcus Vinicios as Ebenezer Fontes Braga
- Adam Santos as Ricardo Morais
- Christopher Ackerman as Demolition Derby Announcer
- Shawn C. Orr as Demolition Derby Driver
- Brett Randy Bourgeois as Demolition Derby Driver
- Scott Meloshinsky as Demolition Derby Driver
- Hugo Steele as Firefighter
- Brennan Walstrom as Firefighter
The Smashing Machine is about to hit the theatres on October 3, 2025. Keep tuned for extra updates.
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