Watching The Smashing Machine was impactful in a variety of ways for Mark Kerr , the UFC Hall of Famer whom Dwayne Johnson portrays in the new A24 movie.

Kerr hadn’t seen the finished film about his life until watching with the audience at this summer’s Venice Film Festival, where it received a rapturous response . Emily Blunt co-stars as Kerr’s then-girlfriend Dawn Staples in writer-director Benny Safdie ‘s feature that hits theaters Friday and details Kerr’s fighting career and opioid addiction. The project is based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr .

Watching The Smashing Machine was impactful in a variety of ways for Mark Kerr , the UFC Hall of Famer whom Dwayne Johnson portrays in the new A24

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