Dwayne Johnson opened up about how portraying Mark Kerr in his upcoming movie, The Smashing Machin e, "has changed his life". Set to hit theaters on October 3, the biopic tells the story of 56-year-old Mark Kerr, a former amateur wrestler and MMA fighter. Emily Blunt appears opposite Dwayne Johnson as Dawn Staples, a recovering alcoholic from Arizona who married Mark Kerr in Las Vegas during their tumultuous relationship. During an interview on Friday's episode of T he Graham Norton Show , the 53-year-old shared that the part was "the role of a lifetime" and recalled how he had to "rip himself open" to channel the essence of the character.

"He had an unbelievable life, and to play him is the role of a lifetime," said Dwayne. "I didn’t know the role was for me, or whether I could do

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