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The feature is directed by Benny Safdie, who won the award for best director at the Novelty Venice Festival that can lead The Rock to compete for the Oscar for Best Actor in 2026

Fighter Heart: The Smashing Machinemovie starring Dwayne Johnsonthe The rock (Jungle Cruise), debut in Brazilian theaters this Thursday, October 2, with distribution of Diamond Films. Learn more about the news:

What is it about?

The film explores the athlete’s duality Mark Kerr that 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. Remember that he won the best director’s best director award at this year’s Venice Festival.

The Rock Quoted to Oscar for Best Actor

The performance of Johnson as Mark Kerr has already been celebrated internationally. At the world debut in Venice, the film was cheered for 15 minutes of applause, and industry experts began to point the actor as an Oscar -nominated potential for best actor.

The magazine Variety listed it among the favorites, along with names like Wagner Mouraby The secret agentand Leonardo DiCaprioby One battle after anotherreinforcing the impact of your performance and the overall recognition of your physical and emotional transformation for paper.

Who’s in the cast?

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.

Also read: Exhaustive and stuntmen: Dwayne Johnson’s radical transformation to ‘Heart of Fighter’

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