Dwayne Johnson’s Decision Sets Up Fans For “the Worst Movie Ever” as Actor Claims “I want more…”
Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson is looking forward to making movies beyond the entertainment purpose. The versatile actor has been a part of a variety of projects like Moana, The Fast And Furious franchise, The Scorpion King, and Black Adam.
The American actor is now gearing up for a biopic based on a reputed Martial Arts Champion Mark Kerr along with the Oppenheimer actor and director Benny Safdie.
Fans Feel Dwayne Johnson Would Come Up With The Worst Movie Ever
As per a recent interview with the reputed media outlet Variety, Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie are going ahead with their almost-dead project. The biopic would feature The Rock as Mark Kerr. The project would revolve around the famous martial arts champion’s victories and his addiction to painkillers.
The Fast X actor believes that The Smashing Machine would be one of the most dramatic roles he has ever played in his Hollywood career. He even mentioned doing more projects on great subjects for himself, and not only for box office numbers. He said-
“I want to be clear not to say that this is an abandonment of big, four-quadrant movies. I love making them, and there is tremendous value and importance in [them] … but there’s a time and a place for them.”
He further added-
“I’m at this point in my career where I want more. And I don’t mean I want more box office. I mean I want more humanity. And that is why Benny Safdie is the perfect, collaborative, hungry partner for me.”
The Rock is about to make the worst movie ever https://t.co/zJXEs81kvW
— MovieBoy (@movieboy69) January 4, 2024
However, after the massive box-office failure of Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam, the actor has been trolled on X after announcing his highly esteemed project The Smashing Machine.
How Emily Blunt Played An Important Role In The Development Of Dwayne Johnson’s The Smashing Machine?
Emily Blunt and Dwayne Johson are great friends. They came together for the 2021 released Jungle Cruise. However, not many people know that the British actor has played a pivotal role in reviving his almost-dead biopic project. Dwayne Johnson and Benny Safdie were quite interested in coming up with a biopic drama in 2019 based on the life of Mark Kerr, the renowned martial arts champion. According to an interview with Variety, the Moana star revealed how Emily Blunt helped him revive the project.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both the actors got busy with their other priorities and the project could not come to fruition. Both Emily Blunt and Benny Safdie were a significant part of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, and after coming across her the talented actor, The Devil Wears Prada star encouraged Dwayne Johnson to meet Benny Safdie and revive the biopic.
Source: Variety
