India, Oct. 16 -- Filmmaker Christopher Nolan recently appeared on The Director's Cut podcast and was all praise for a recently released film and its star actor. The film might've gotten low openings, but the Oppenheimer filmmaker believes the actor gave the best performance for the year in it, maybe even for 'most other years'. Here's what he said.

Nolan was joined on the podcast by Benny Safdie, the director of The Smashing Machine. Calling Dwayne Johnson's performance in the film 'heartbreaking', Nolan stated that he thought Dwayne's portrayal of Mark was 'incredible'. He said, "I think it's an incredible performance. I don't think you'll see a better performance this year or most other years."

Nolan also praised Benny for creating a...