Undisputed Heavyweight Champion Boxer Oleksandr Usyk Joins Dwayne Johson In ‘The Smashing Machine’ From A24 And Benny Safdie
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Following his massive victory against Tyson Fury to become the newly crowned Undisputed World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, Oleksandr Usyk has found his next opponent on the big screen as he is set to join the cast of A24’s The Smashing Machine as MMA legend Igor Vovchanchyn.
The film stars Dwayne Johnson and Academy Award-nominated Emily Blunt. The pic is written and directed by Benny Safdie and produced and financed by A24.
The film is based on the story of Mark Kerr, the legendary MMA fighter from the no-holds-barred era of the UFC at the peak of his career.
He struggles with addiction, winning, love and friendship in the year 2000. The news comes after Johnson revealed the first image from the film which features an unrecognizable Johnson in the corner of the ring getting ready for a match.
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