One of Hollywood’s most well-known actors, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, looks unrecognisable in a new photo. The 52-year-old former WWE wrestler is currently filming The Smashing Machine - a biopic on former UFC heavyweight champion Mark Kerr, with a recent set image showing a very different-looking Johnson. Taking to Instagram, Johnson shared an image from the first day on set, showing himself after he transformed into his character - who is understood to be between 20 and 30 in the film.
With Johnson captioning the post: “First look at Benny Safdie’s The Smashing Machine starring @therock and Emily Blunt”, fans quickly flocked to the comment section where they pointed out how different the actor looked. A post shared by Dwayne Johnson (@therock) One person wrote: “Give the make up team the award now”, while another added: “Is that you, Rock? Nice work by the prosthetics and make up team”. A third person wrote: “That’s some crazy transformation! Wow”, another said: “It’s wild how different you look.
” The Daily Mail has reported the actor’s transformation included prosthetic make-up to accurately depict Kerr’s half-Irish, half-Puerto Rican ethnicity and much younger look, as well as a wig and body make-up to cover the star’s infamous tattoo. The star was also “de-aged” for the film with the help of Oscar-winning make-up designer Kazu Hiro, who is most well known for his work on Bradley Cooper in Maestro and Charlize Theron in Bombshell .