Dwayne Johnson Shares the Real Reason ‘The Smashing Machine’ Means So Much to Him

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In this video, Dwayne Johnson opens up about the deeply personal connection he has to his role in 'The Smashing Machine,' drawing emotional parallels to his father's battle with addiction. The star also shares a touching story about his mother's cancer diagnosis and how that moment of vulnerability prepared him for this dramatic transformation.

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00:00My dad had an addiction and I have lived that life where my dad was a fast talker and he

00:09could fast talk his way in and out of things and I like to say that he quit his addiction

00:18in the morning and by the evening time he quit quitting.

00:22But yet, what addicts do is oftentimes they'll try to lure you in and the moment they

00:29see a little opening that, oh, you're believing my story.

00:35That's it.

00:36Hooks are in and I just want to get on to the next.

00:38So I have lived that where you hear and you see Mark in the hospital.

00:45Can you believe these guys?

00:46It was so unfair.

00:47They're asking me who the president was and I was just coming through and I was unconscious.

00:52And then the second half to that is more, it hurts my heart, is that when my mom was

01:02diagnosed with lung cancer, she was diagnosed with stage 3B lung cancer and those stages,

01:09that's not good.

01:10You got to have those conversations with your family.

01:13And I remember her first day of treatment, she was laying on the hospital bed and I was

01:17kind of standing over her holding her hand.

01:20And then the doctor came in and the doctor, he didn't say, hey, you're going to be all

01:23right.

01:24He said, we're going to take good care of you.

01:26And I'll never forget it.

01:27She had the sheets and she pulled the sheets up over her face and she started like really

01:33crying.

01:34And I had never seen my mom cry like that because in the moment I looked down and I saw

01:41this little girl.

01:43And so in the moment, I felt like that's probably the last place that Mark Kerr wants

01:50to be as well.

01:51Just like it was the last place my mom wanted to be in that moment of vulnerability and you're

01:55looking up at people and you just want to cover your face.

01:58So that's where I went.

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