1905 Movie Network News According to reports, Ben Safdie will direct the biopic "Crusher", and Emily Blunt, who collaborated with him in "Oppenheimer", is in talks to star. The film stars Dwayne Johnson as two-time Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) champion Mark Kerr, with Blunt possibly playing Kerr's ex-wife or current wife. If the collaboration is concluded, this will be her third collaboration with Dwayne Johnson after the "Jungle Trek" series.
The biopic "Crusher" aims to show the exciting scenes of the heyday of the UFC championship format and will revolve around the life and career of Mark Kerr. Mark Kerr was born in 1968. He won the 1992 NCAA championship and the 1994 American Freestyle Wrestling Championship. He started his MMA career in 1997. From 1998 to 2000, Kerr maintained a career record of 12 wins, 0 losses and 1 invalid. Proud record. But after that, he suffered his first defeat in his career, and then his competitive state took a turn for the worse and he became addicted to drugs for a long time. He subsequently received treatment, but his competitive status plummeted. The film focuses on this period of Mark Kerr's ups and downs.
As a former professional wrestler, Dwayne Johnson will star in his true role this time, and he will also serve as the producer of the film. In fact, as early as 2019, Johnson announced that he would produce a biopic of Mark Kerr. After five years, Johnson will work with the famous independent film company A24 in Hollywood to jointly develop the film. The cooperation between the two is also worth looking forward to by movie fans.
