Before Benny Safdie began shooting The Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr gave the filmmakers a wrestling lesson. The movie’s stunt team and others gathered around the padded ring at the Vancouver soundstage ...

Dwayne Johnson isn’t looking to throw punches. The actor, 53, starred as real-life MMA fighter Mark Kerr in the sports drama “Smashing Machine.” The project, directed by Benny Safdie, follows Mark ...

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson knew that he needed to feel what his character actually went through to improve a scene. It’s clear from his reaction to finished movie that ‘The Smashing Machine’ was an ...

But by the time the cameras were rolling, both Dwayne Johnson and The Rock had effectively disappeared. This, Blunt said, was helpful during their domestic fight scenes, where punches may not have ...

US actor Dwayne Johnson has said he had a "burning desire" to make a different kind of film, after years of being "pigeon-holed" as a blockbuster star. The 53-year-old could be in line for the first ...

Fresh off his Oscar-buzzed performance in Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine, it looks like Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson will soon be heading back to the jungle, as the star confirms that Jumanji 3 is ...