Mark Kerr: The Real-life 'Smashing Machine' On The Rock's Performance, Wrestling Kurt Angle, UFC Hall Of Fame
Insight with Chris Van Vliet
How The Rock Became Attached
Chris asks when Dwayne Johnson joined the project; Kerr explains early contact with Johnson's team and the film's long development.
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Mark Kerr (@markkerrtsm) is a retired MMA fighter and former amateur wrestler. He sits down with Chris Van Vliet at West Coast Creative Studio in Hollywood, CA to discuss his life story being told in the new biopic "The Smashing Machine", how the movie came to be and how The Rock became involved in the project, his thoughts on the movie, fighting in UFC, how he got the nickname The Smashing Machine, the differences between the fighter and the person, battling addiction, wrestling Kurt Angle prior to the 1996 Olympics, and more!
Quote I'm thinking about: "Don't count the days, make the days count." - Muhammad Ali
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