The weight loss mentioned in some subjects happened only after filming and was not related to the preparation for the role
In the last days, Dwayne Johnsonthe The rocksurprised to appear thinner on the red carpet for the display of Fighter Heart – The Smashing Machine at the Venice Festival. Weight loss was mentioned in some stories as a preparation for paper, however, the statement is incorrect.
According to the film’s advisory, in a note, The rock He lost 27 pounds only after filming and was not related to the preparation for the paper. In preparation, the actor followed the opposite way: he trained up to four hours a day to gain muscle mass and reach Kerr’s imposing physical size, one of MMA’s most feared fighters in the 1990s.
At the Venetian festival press conference, where the film was applauded for 15 minutes after his world premiere, the director Benny Safdie He said the actor’s preparation began after a conversation between them, in which Safdie stated that “[para ficar mais parecido com Kerr]you need to get bigger and swollen”.
A recent article from Men’s Health He detailed how was his process to bring Kerr to life. There were three daily workouts to work all aspects of their physical form: in the morning, about an hour of cardio in a staircase simulator, in which the peaks of effort was interspersed; After lunch, he returned to the gym for a one -hour bodybuilding session; And, finally, at night, the star was 15 to 20 minutes of cardio at a constant pace to further improve his aerobic capacity, plus 60 to 90 minutes of MMA training to improve movements.
As recorded in your social networks (below), the goal of The rock It was further increasing its size and improving its fitness to approach the fighter’s strength and look, which weighed over 110kg.
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On Fighter Heart – The Smashing Machine
The film explores the athlete’s duality Mark Kerr which publicly collects victories and awards, but in the heart deals with deep personal battles, such as opioid addiction. The fighter was twice champion of the heavy weights of the UFC and also had his life documented in The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerrlaunched by HBO in 2002.
The film is the first directed by Benny Safdie Without the brother, Josh Safdie. It is also the first project of the long career of Dwayne Johnson that raised discussions about a possible indication to the Oscar of Best actor.
In addition to The rockthe cast of the film has professional fighters, like the Brazilian Roberto Cyborg Abreu, Ryan Bader and Igor Vovchanchynand the actress Emily Blunt (OPPENHEIMER) as Dawn Staples, the girlfriend of Kerr. Fighter Heart: SMASHING MACHINE It arrives in Brazilian theaters on October 16th.
Also read:See Dwayne Johnson’s transformation into Mark Kerr to Smashing Machine
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