Dwayne Johnson is still processing the rapturous reception of “The Smashing Machine” at the Venice Film Festival, where he was moved to tears. Now, he sits in a chair across from me, his trademark smile intact but his eyes carrying something fathomless. It’s the weight of a performance that has critics buzzing about Oscar potential, something he could’ve never imagined he would see in his career.
For years, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has stood as a symbol of global box office power: a towering figure of charisma, commercial appeal and crowd-pleasing entertainment. But in Benny Safdie’s searing new drama, Johnson trades in his superhero swagger for emotional fragility, physical vulnerability and unflinching truth.
Portraying real-life Mma legend Mark Kerr, Johnson undergoes the most radical transformation of his career. Set in the late 1990s, the film chronicles Kerr…
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