Dwayne Johnson Seems to be Unrecognizable as UFC Champ in New Movie

The Rock is heading again into the ring.

On May 21, Dwayne Johnson began filming The Smashing Equipment, which has launched the first picture of the actor on the established of the new movie. The 52-12 months-old, who began his entertainment job as a WWE wrestling star, plays Mark Kerr, a serious-daily life fellow wrestler and previous two-time UFC heavyweight winner who rose to fame in the 90s. 

In the movie—titled soon after Kerr’s nickname in the octagon—Johnson appears to be nearly unrecognizable, sporting limited hair fairly than his signature bald fashion, and also has his tattoos included up. In the pic, the actor is demonstrated sitting in a corner of a ring and speaking to two men through what seems to be a combat, although the MMA fighter’s then-girlfriend (performed by his former Jungle Cruise costar Emily Blunt) is standing ringside.

Directed by Benny Safdie, the movie will middle on both Kerr’s occupation successes and personalized life and struggles, including his previous addiction to painkillers, per Variety. Kerr, now 55, retired from expert battling in 2010. The Ohio-born athlete is stated as a cowriter of The Smashing Machine together with Safdie and reshared the first look photograph of Johnson as him on his Instagram, together with the caption, “So wild.”