{"id":91374,"date":"2025-09-04T03:54:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T07:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=91374"},"modified":"2025-10-01T03:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T07:55:42","slug":"why-did-dwayne-johnson-break-down-at-the-smashing-machines-venice-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/why-did-dwayne-johnson-break-down-at-the-smashing-machines-venice-premiere\/91374\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did Dwayne Johnson Break Down At \u2018The Smashing Machine\u2019s Venice Premiere?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson delivered a career-defining performance at the Venice Film Festival for his upcoming sports biopic, <em>The Smashing Machine<\/em>. On September 1, 2025, the actor received a 15-minute-long standing ovation for his portrayal of former UFC legend Mark Kerr, leaving him visibly moved to tears. The ovation, attended by co-star Emily Blunt, director Benny Safdie, and Mark Kerr himself, was the longest at this year\u2019s festival, breaking the previous record of 13 minutes held by Guillermo del Toro\u2019s <em>Frankenstein<\/em>. Johnson now shares the record with Amanda Seyfried, who received the same duration of applause for <em>The Testament of Ann Lee<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming audience response has already sparked Oscar buzz for Johnson, highlighting his dramatic transformation and commitment to stepping outside his usual action and comedy roles. <em>The Smashing Machine<\/em>, set for release on October 3, 2025, delves into the turbulent life of Mark Kerr, both inside and outside the MMA ring, and marks a bold, emotionally intense chapter in Johnson\u2019s acting career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson delivered a career-defining performance at the Venice Film Festival for his upcoming sports biopic, The Smashing\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":91375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[3829],"class_list":["post-91374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-dwayne-johnson"],"reading_time":"1 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}