Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson Attach more than muscles in its last role because it flexes serious actor chops, and fans are shaken.
The 52-year-old superstar has completely transformed for “The Smashing Machine” of the A24, making its debut on a new breathtaking look in the trailer that has just been published.
In the film, Dwayne Johnson plays the legend of the real life of the UFC Mark Kerr, and he clearly worked to enter the character.
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is unrecognizable in “ The Smashing Machine ”
Putting on a black wig and complete facial prostheses, Johnson becomes Kerr’s Twin in the grainy biopic, directed by Benny Safdie. When the trailer opens, a bruised and beaten Kerr is in a puffy eyes doctor’s office.
“Probably looking at my eyes,” he said gently to a woman and his son.
“How did it happen?” she asked.
Cue The Ring Flashbacks, The Brutal Beatdowns, and Kerr’s response: “Well, have you ever heard of the UFC fighting championship?”
“It is the bloody thing that they are trying to ban,” said the woman, followed by a line that instantly struck viewers in the sensations. “Do you hate yourself when you fight?”
Kerr’s answers, “Absolutely not.”
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Alongside Johnson, Emily Blunt He plays the role of Kerr’s wife, Dawn, who stands next to his man while he gets up in sport and falls into dependence. “It is 40,000 people who encourage you,” Kerr said to him. “There is no other high like that in the world.”
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Fans call for recognition “Oscars 2026” while the new trailer falls
Fans have not lost time in flooding social media after the A24 and Johnson shared the trailer on Tuesday with the legend, “delighted to share the official trailer for” The Smashing Machine “by Benny Safdie, with Dwayne Johnson and the nomine for Oscars Emily Blunt. In theaters.
Reactions? Disabled. THE. Graphics.
“Now is the Rock Actor that we want [red heart emoji] Oscars 2026, “a user said.
“The one who made the prostheses and the makeup of this film gets an Oscar. I hear the kind of rock, but I don’t see it at all. Sheesh is [fire emoji]”Said another fan.
Even the advertiser of the real ring, Ryan Ventura, sounded, writing: “One of the greatest honors of my career was to be part of this project. October 3 could not come quickly enough!”
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Others simply said: “It doesn’t even look like him!” And “Wait, that’s the rock? No question!”
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Dwayne Johnson shows brutal injuries of “The Smashing Machine”
Johnson went to social networks last summer to show real battle scars he supported during the filming of the biographical drama.
“Watch this suction cup there,” he said in the video at the time, pushing an area injured on his arm. “It seems that I have a Cantaloup at the bottom of my elbow. I was well struck today in our scenes. And there could be damage of soft fabrics in there. It’s a lot of liquid. We will see. I have to take it out before getting an MRI.”
In the end, rock was fine and finished filming the film.
Dwayne Johnson finds Emily Blunt
Fans also sprang with rock that meet with Blunt, who became one of his close friends after playing together in Disney “Jungle Cruise”.
“It is very different from what we have done with ‘Jungle Cruise’, but I must tell you that there is no bigger partner in our industry than Emily that I would like to tear this thing. It is a long time to come, guy,” said Johnson Variety. “It’s with A24 and we’re going to shoot it afterwards. I can’t wait.”
However, fans were delighted to see the two gathered.
“Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt who team up again is my favorite collaboration of the year,” said a fan, while another praised, “respect for @therock and Emily Blunt. Always giving us incredible stuff.”
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With Powerhouse A24 distributor (the same studio behind Oscar Darlings “Everything Everywhere All AM Admor” and “Moonlight”), “The Smashing Machine” is already nicknamed a competitor of the major reward season.
Dwayne Johnson returns under the name of Maui in “Moana 2”
In addition to “The Smashing Machine”, Johnson should resume his role as Maui, the charismatic half-god, alongside Auliʻi Cravalho like Moana, in “Moana 2.”
Located three years after the original, the story follows Moana as it receives an appeal from its ancestors to go to unexplored waters to break a curse and reconnect the isolated islands.
The film presents new characters and presents music by the composers back Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa’i, with additional songs from Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear.
