Los Angeles, Oct. 5 -- At the Los Angeles premiere of The Smashing Machine at the Samuel Goldwyn Theatre in Beverly Hills, Dwayne Johnson spoke candidly about his new A24 biopic, emphasizing that the film is "not a fight movie" but "a life movie," according to Deadline.
The film explores the life of legendary MMA fighter Mark Kerr, whose dominance in the UFC during the late 1990s was followed by a descent into painkiller addiction and personal turmoil-including two overdoses-before making a hard-fought comeback.
"Fighting just happened to be what he did, and he was awesome at it," Johnson told reporters.
"At one point, he was the greatest fighter on the planet, and then he lost. And he had a hard time reconciling with that loss. And he o...