For the new film The Smashing Machine , Benny Safdie is breaking out on his own, directing his first movie without brother Josh after the duo teamed up for 2019’s Uncut Gems and 2017’s Good Time .

The project stars Dwayne Johnson as MMA fighter Mark Kerr — following the ups and downs of his personal and professional life — and at the Los Angeles premiere on Monday, Safdie told The Hollywood Reporter, “it wasn’t really an adjustment” to be at the helm solo.

“I had been acting a lot on my own for a while, and there’s a level of independence that you have there,” he explained of working without Josh. “And then I made a TV show with my friend Nathan, The Curse , so it’s been a process of, ‘What do I want to explore?'”

For the new film The Smashing Machine , Benny Saf

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