Los Angeles, Oct. 5 -- Actor Dwayne Johnson described his latest A24 project, 'The Smashing Machine', as "not a fight movie" but "a life movie" during the film's premiere at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, according to Deadline.

The biopic charts the life of UFC legend Mark Kerr, whose meteoric rise in the late 1990s was followed by personal struggles, including painkiller addiction and two overdoses, before he staged a comeback.

"Fighting just happened to be what he did, and he was awesome at it," Johnson told reporters, emphasising the universal struggles Kerr faced with pressure, pain, and addiction. "At one point, he was the greatest fighter on the planet, and then he lost. And he had a hard time reconciling with that l...