“Any time your movie known as The Smashing Machine, you’re going to type of get smashed up.” That’s how Dwayne Johnson put it, as he revealed he suffered an damage on his proper elbow whereas filming his new wrestling drama for A24.
“I obtained banged up fairly good at present in our scenes. There may be some delicate tissue fluid in there, we’ll see,” Johnson mentioned Tuesday in a video posted to Instagram. “However the ache feels fairly good. All good.”
He mentioned he might want to have fluid drained earlier than having an MRI to evaluate the harm.
Johnson stars in The Smashing Machine as Mark Kerr, a two-time UFC Heavyweight Match Champion. Uncut Gems co-director Benny Safdie wrote and directs the venture, which is being positioned as a status play for Johnson, who turned one of many world’s high film stars in huge funds fare such because the Quick and the Livid films, Jumanji movies and catastrophe pics corresponding to San Andreas and Rampage.
Emily Blunt stars alongside Johnson as Daybreak Staples, the spouse of his character Mark Kerr. The pair beforehand labored collectively on Disney’s Jungle Cruise.
Johnson and Safdie took a break from manufacturing final month to fly to the Cannes Movie Pageant for a dialog flew to Cannes final month to talk with patrons in regards to the venture, which he’s producing by way of his Seven Bucks Productions. Different producers embrace Seven Bucks’ Dany Garcia, Safdie’s Out for the Depend banner, Eli Bush and David Koplan. The movie doesn’t but have a launch date.