Dwayne Johnson says Emily Blunt is the reason he wasn’t afraid to get vulnerable in their latest movie together.

The 53-year-old actor spoke to Vanity Fair about working with 42-year-old Emily on their latest movie. In The Smashing Machine , Dwayne played UFC legend Mark Kerr while Emily played his wife, Dawn Staples-Kerr .

According to Dwayne , he was able to really get vulnerable while filming the biopic because he working with his “best friend,” Emily .

“If Emily and I weren’t best friends, I don’t know that we could’ve gone to the places we went to,” Dwayne told Vanity Fair in an interview published Monday, August 25. He went on to say that being so close to Emily made him feel comfortable about really getting into character.

Meanwhile, Emil

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