‘I Don't Know If You've Ever Been Asked This Before, But I Think You Need To Gain More Weight’: Dwayne Johnson On The Major Transformation He Made For The Smashing Machine

There has been a ton of buzz surrounding Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine , in the lead-up to its debut on the 2025 movie schedule . The vast majority of that concerns Dwayne Johnson , who had to go to great lengths to pull off his “jaw-dropping” transformation to play the trailblazing UFC and PRIDE fighter Mark Kerr.

Ahead of The Smashing Machine ’s October release, the wrestler-turned-actor sat down for a chat with CinemaBlend, where he discussed several aspects of the upcoming A24 movie , including his those tree trunk legs that have been taking the world by storm . When asked about bulking up to new levels for the “scarily unstable” performance , Johnson recalled an early conversation with his director about putting on weight and muscle:

I just felt like the mo