Standing ovations, Best Director awards, and critical acclaim from all over the world have already been given to the makers of the film The Smashing Machine . Director Ben Safdie and actor Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson have been making the press rounds promoting the film while giving stories from behind the scenes that make the project that much more interesting.

Starting with the actor, The Rock recently went on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to talk about the film and how he pitched the idea to Safdie six years prior to its release. He told Jimmy, “I love his work, and it was 2019, and I had just watched Uncut Gems. I went to Benny, and I said, ‘Hey, I got this idea called The Smashing Machine, and it’s based off a documentary. Based on your auteur style of being a director and how

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