A pivotal scene in the Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson-led The Smashing Machine features the iconic Bruce Springsteen song from Born to Run, “Jungleland.” It is played in the background of a heated argument ...
In The Smashing Machine, Blunt plays the wife of former MMA fighter Mark Kerr. Blunt saw her character, Dawn, as someone who was “always chasing wildness.” She felt this side of Dawn was on display in ...
In this episode of "Notes on a Scene," 'The Smashing Machine' director Benny Safdie breaks down the scene where Mark Kerr (Dwayne Johnson) has lost his first professional fight, and Dawn Staples ...