Dwayne Johnson, recognized for his onscreen fare in motion tentpoles like Netflix’s Purple Discover and Jumanji reboot movies, posited he wasn’t getting the chance for extra “uncooked and gritty” roles as he was “too scared” to discover extra susceptible themes.
In an interview with Vainness Truthful selling the forthcoming launch of A24‘s The Smashing Machine, the skilled wrestler-turned-performer famous he was nervous about portraying legendary MMA fighter and two-time UFC Heavyweight Match Champion Mark Kerr within the Benny Safdie-helmed biopic.
“It was very actual. I had not skilled that in a really, very, very very long time, the place I used to be actually scared and considering, I don’t know if I can do that. Can I do that?” he stated. “I noticed that perhaps these alternatives weren’t coming my approach as a result of I used to be too scared to discover these items.”
Johnson added, “I used to be so hungry for a possibility to do one thing uncooked and gritty and rip myself open. And impulsively, Smashing Machine comes alongside.”
For the position, the Moana actor defined he needed to don over a dozen prosthetics to painting the light large recognized for his combating prowess: “I simply sat in entrance of that mirror for 3 to 4 hours and watched all of it change. There have been about 13 or 14 completely different prosthetics. Delicate, but I feel very impactful,” he stated. “By the point I acquired to set, I used to be Mark Kerr and I felt it, from how he walked to how he talked and the way he checked out life.”
The Smashing Machine, additionally starring Emily Blunt, could have its North American premiere on the Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant Sept. 8, earlier than debuting in theaters Oct. 3.
View the trailer for the film right here.
