{"id":191850,"date":"2025-09-01T16:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191850\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T16:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:13:10","slug":"dwayne-the-rock-johnson-shocks-with-slimmed-down-physique-for-the-smashing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/191850\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne &#8216;The Rock&#8217; Johnson shocks with slimmed-down physique for &#8216;The Smashing Machine&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From The Rock to The Pebble.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson shocked fans with his slimmed-down physique at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The wrestler-turned-actor, 53, transformed his body to play MMA fighter Mark Kerr in Benny Safdie\u2019s film \u201cThe Smashing Machine,\u201d which is premiering in Venice Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson arrive at Venice Airport on Aug. 30. AbacaPress \/ SplashNews.com<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt arrive in Italy for the Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30. BACKGRID<\/p>\n<p>Johnson showed off his weight and muscle loss as he attended the Miu Miu Women\u2019s Tales event on Saturday night in a button-up blue shirt and black pants. He was joined by his co-star, Emily Blunt.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Monday, Johnson wore a short-sleeved blue shirt that he tucked into his white pants at the film\u2019s photocall.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson at Miu Miu Women\u2019s Tales event at the Venice Film Festival. Getty Images for Miu Miu<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson arrives at the 82nd Venice Film Festival on Sept. 1. Manuele Mangiarotti\/ipa-agency.net\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson at \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d photocall in Venice. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s skinny physique went viral on X where fans jokingly called him \u201cThe Pebble.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so lean,\u201d one fan wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDamn, he\u2019s half of what he was!\u201d another user said.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt at \u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d photocall on Sept. 1. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow nice transformation,\u201d a different person wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cThe Smashing Machine,\u201d Johnson plays\u00a0UFC and MMA legend Kerr, who battled prescription drug addiction. Blunt, 42, plays Kerr\u2019s now-ex-wife, Dawn Staples.<\/p>\n<p>At the film\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOD1NacjNpL\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press conference<\/a> Monday afternoon, Johnson explained that he\u2019s been waiting for a role this rewarding for a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson as Mark Kerr in \u201cThe Smashing Machine.\u201d Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you\u2019re in Hollywood \u2014 as we all know, it had become about box office. And you chase the box office, and the box office can be very loud and it can become very resounding and it can push you into a category and into a corner,\u201d he explained. \u201cThis is your lane and this is what you do and this is what Hollywood wants you to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson arrives at the 2025 Venice Film Festival. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas. Getty Images for CinemaCon<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just had this burning desire and voice that was saying, \u2018What if there is more and what if I can?\u2019 A lot of times, it\u2019s harder for us \u2014 or at least for me \u2014 to know what you\u2019re capable of when you\u2019ve been pigeonholed into something,\u201d the \u201cJumanji\u201d star continued. \u201cSometimes it takes people that who you love and respect, like Emily and Benny, to say that you can.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson attends the 2024 Academy Awards. WireImage<\/p>\n<p>Johnson went on: \u201cI looked around a few years ago and I started to think, you know, am I living my dream or am I living other people\u2019s dreams? You come to that recognition and I think you can either fall in line \u2014 \u2018Well, it\u2019s status quo, things are good, I don\u2019t want to rock the boat\u2019 \u2014 or go, I want to live my dreams now and do what I wanna do and tap into the stuff that I want to tap into and have a place finally to put all this stuff that I\u2019ve experienced in the past that I\u2019ve shied away from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dwayne Johnson during RAW at Intuit Dome on January 6, 2025. WWE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been scared to go deep and intense and raw until now, until I had this opportunity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also said that the film based on Kerr\u2019s life \u201cis not even really about fighting \u2014 it\u2019s a love story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Smashing Machine\u201d will be released in theaters Oct. 3.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From The Rock to The Pebble. 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