HOW EMILY FOUND HER ROCK

Emily Blunt opens up about her friendship with Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and the joys of starring with her 'best buddy' in a new UFC film

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They discovered their irresistible screen chemistry on Disney's Jungle Cruise in 2019 and vowed to work together again.

And it's a promise that Emily Blunt and Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson have made good with The Smashing Machine, a gritty biopic about the pioneering UFC fighter Mark Kerr.

The British actress, who is reprising her role as Emily Charlton in next year's The Devil Wears Prada 2, has been wearing some stylish looks on the red carpet recently, but when we meet, it's not to discuss fashion.

Instead, it's to talk about her work with Dwayne, 53, in a film that lays bare the highs and lows of Mark's career, from fame to painkiller-addicted lows and back again. It also takes an unflinching look at his marriage to Dawn Staples, now his former wife, who is played by Emily.