United Kingdom, Jan. 12 -- Dwayne Johnson has "learned a deeper level of empathy" for his late father.

The 53-year-old actor has opened up at the way his complicated relationship with dad Rocky Johnson - who died in 2020 - changed while he was working on 2026 Mark Kerr biopic The Smashing Machine.

Speaking to LIVE from E!: Golden Globes 2026, he said: "What the film pushed me to do was to be radically empathetic to those who are struggling, because I had a complicated relationship with the human being who struggled with addiction, and that's my dad.

"He's no longer here, and he struggled with his addictions.

"So through this film, I learned a deeper level of empathy for people who are out there, who are struggling."

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