Up to date on: Sept 01, 2025 09:30 pm IST
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson attended the photocall and press convention for his new movie The Smashing Machine. His slimmed-down physique shocked many.
All eyes have been on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson as he arrived on the ongoing Venice Movie Pageant on September 1. The actor’s extremely anticipated new movie, The Smashing Machine, could have its World Premiere on the competition. What caught consideration on social media was Dwayne’s new slimmed-down look, as he debuted a a lot leaner physique.
Within the new footage which have surfaced on X, Dwayne is seen in a button-up blue shirt and black pants together with his co-star, Emily Blunt. Dwayne’s slimmed-down look shocked many followers, who reacted to his weight reduction transformation.
How the web reacted
One mentioned, “The Rock changed into a pebble.” “Appears to be like like AI,” quipped one other. “He has leaned down quite a bit over these months. Hope he’s caring for his well being,” mentioned one other. “100% positive it was well being associated he dropped all that weight. He wasn’t pure he seems to be wholesome proper now good for Rock,” mentioned a second fan.
One consumer mentioned, ‘That is the results of getting more healthy. He needed to eat quite a bit to maintain the physique that he had. Once you get a sure age, it’s both change your habits or die. Folks judging him are simply idiots. Sadly, many individuals on this wrestling group are idiots.”
About his new movie
In The Smashing Machine, Dwayne transforms into MMA fighter Mark Kerr. The movie is impressed by the 2002 documentary with the identical title. Mark Kerr gained a number of awards and medals in his profession, and likewise struggled with substance abuse. The movie additionally explores his relationship together with his then-girlfriend, performed by Emily Blunt. It’s directed by Benny Safdie and is taking part in within the competitors part of the competition.
Elsewhere, throughout the press convention on the competition, he expressed how he usually felt pigeonholed in Hollywood and wished to take up the problem that this intense movie supplied. He mentioned, “I understood that, and I made these films, and I appreciated them, they usually have been enjoyable, and a few have been actually good and did properly, and a few not so. I simply had this burning need and this voice that was saying ‘Effectively, what if? What if there may be extra and what if I can?’”
