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Action heroes who rely heavily on their physical prowess might find the going gets tough as they get older if they don't have acting chops. Here, Dwayne Johnson is trying something beyond the action and comedy movies that made him a movie star: a serious biopic.

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Johnson plays real-life wrestler turned pioneering mixed martial arts fighter Mark Kerr, so he's not moving entirely outside his - and probably much of his audience's - comfort zone. Heavy prosthetics and make-up have effectively transformed his looks into a pretty good likeness of h

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