Dwayne Johnson Injures Right Elbow On Set Of ‘The Smashing Machine’: “The Pain Feels Pretty Good”
deadline.comDwayne Johnson has sustained a fairly nasty injury to his right elbow on the set of his A24 MMA pic The Smashing Machine, the actor revealed on Instagram on Tuesday.
It’s unclear at present whether Johnson’s injury will impact production, as A24 couldn’t immediately be reached for comment.
We’ll update this story with further context should it come in. “As you guys know, I’m filming a movie called The Smashing Machine,” says Johnson in a recently posted Instagram video, “and anytime your film is called The Smashing Machine, well, you’re kind of going to get smashed up. “Look at that sucker right there,” he continues, pointing to swelling in his elbow. “It looks like I have a cantaloupe in the bottom of my elbow.
I got banged up pretty good today in our scenes, and there might be some soft tissue damage in there.” Johnson shared that there’s “a lot of fluid” in his elbow at present, which will have to come down before he can get “any kind of MRI.” “The pain feels pretty good, but all good.
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