Dwayne Johnson on Taking His First Dramatic Role With 'The Smashing Machine': "A Long Time Coming" | THR Video - video Dailymotion

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Dwayne Johnson chats with THR at the premiere of 'The Smashing Machine' and shares how long he's been looking to make this dramatic turn with acting. Plus, he dishes on his first day on set, calling it "unforgettable."

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00:00Congratulations on this.

00:02So how long had you been looking to make this dramatic turn and kind of do something different?

00:06Do something different and make this turn?

00:08It's been a while.

00:10It's been since, I mean, almost 10 years ago I had this voice, sorry, I had this voice

00:15behind my ribcage that's been just gnawing at my gut and saying, hey, you can do more

00:22and you should do more.

00:24And I was trying, by the way.

00:25So by the way, in 2018, 19, I brought this film and this idea to Benny Safdie.

00:32So six, seven years ago.

00:34So it was some time and then COVID hit and everything shut down.

00:38So it's been a while.

00:40So this has been a long time coming and I'm so grateful to experience what I was able to

00:43experience.

00:44And finally, to be honest with you, face my fears and jump off the cliff.

00:51What was that first day on set like then when you're kind of doing something that's so different

00:56than usual?

00:56It was unforgettable.

00:58It was really incredible.

00:59I was able to step on set and by that point I had transformed into Mark Kerr, four hours

01:06of makeup every day, 22 prosthetics, 30 pounds of weight muscle.

01:14It's a lot, it's a lot of weight to carry.

01:16I was happy to get it off.

01:19So it was a lot.

01:20It was a lot.

01:20But stepping on set, not my words, but Emily's words were, she said afterwards, we, after all

01:29the prosthetics off, it's like midnight.

01:31It was myself, Emily and Benny were having some little bit of tequila.

01:35And she said, when you walked on the air changed in the room, like you could feel it and it

01:40moved me because it kind of gave me like it validated things.

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