The Smashing Machine Debut Trailer Reveals First Look at Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson in UFC Action

The Smashing Machine has its debut trailer and with it provides a archetypal look astatine Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson arsenic legendary erstwhile UFC prima Mark Kerr.

The trailer, below, reveals Johnson’s portrayal of the beingness and vocation of Mark Kerr, a erstwhile wrestler and UFC prima who struggled with substance abuse. Emily Blunt plays Kerr’s then-wife, Dawn Staples. Uncut Gems co-director Benny Safdie is the writer and manager of the A24 film, which hits theaters October 3, 2025.

Johnson is astir unrecognizable arsenic Kerr. He does not person his tattoos, but helium does person hair. You tin spot however Johnson compares to Kerr below.

Mark Kerr successful 1997. Image credit: Zuffa LLC via Getty Images.

This movie is being adapted from the 2002 documentary called The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr, and volition dive heavy into the erstwhile wrestler and MMA athlete's beingness successful the UFC and beyond, including his "struggles with addiction, winning, love, and relationship successful the twelvemonth 2000."

The Smashing Machine whitethorn people a large infinitesimal successful Johnson's career, arsenic it looks to beryllium his expansive entranceway into the satellite of melodramatic acting.

"I'm astatine a constituent successful my vocation wherever I privation to propulsion myself successful ways that I've not pushed myself successful the past," Johnson told Variety. "I'm astatine a constituent successful my vocation wherever I privation to marque films that matter, that research a humanity, and research conflict [and] pain."

Johnson is of people champion known for his large fund enactment movie roles, including Black Adam, the Jumanji films, and the Fast & Furious films.

"I privation to beryllium wide not to accidental that this is an abandonment of big, four-quadrant movies,” Johnson added. “I emotion making them, and determination is tremendous worth and value successful [them]… but there's a clip and a spot for them.

"I'm astatine this constituent successful my vocation wherever I privation more. And I don't mean I privation much container office. I mean, I privation much humanity. And that is wherefore Benny Safdie is the perfect, collaborative, bare spouse for me."

Johnson is acceptable to reprise his animated Disney relation arsenic Maui successful the live-action Moana film, owed retired adjacent year.

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