Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson breaks with his image in ‘The Smashing Machine’: “I’ve never felt so free”

For decades, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson (53) was synonymous with show. First in the ring as a wrestler. Then on the big screen, as an actor in dumb comedies and brutal action films. But today Johnson shows his true colors in his new martial arts drama ‘The Smashing Machine’. He tells how he had to recover a lot, broke with his image and went back to his youth. “My father said, ‘A day without pain is like a day without sunshine.’”

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