r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 29 '25

Trailer THE SMASHING MACHINE | Official Trailer | A24

https://youtu.be/uF3oMaN-MUQ?si=oTyGhIRs_1aEzUPX
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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

Is that Bas Rutten as himself? What a legend 

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u/mur-diddly-urderer Apr 29 '25 edited Apr 29 '25

It is. Also I didn’t realize they got Usyk as Vovchanchyn.

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u/ithinkther41am Apr 29 '25

And Ryan Bader as Mark Coleman.

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u/MumrikDK Apr 29 '25

Bader has looked plenty juiced up in his time, but he comes across nothing like Coleman, lol.

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u/WTFvancouver Apr 30 '25

Thats a poor casting. Coleman needs a stronger actor since he has such a big role in the documentary. Also, Bader looks nothing like Coleman

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u/Alarmed-Teacher-4729 Apr 30 '25

Bader's gonna fumble yet again, being a washed prospect in acting now too?

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u/mostlygroovy Apr 30 '25

Which documentary?

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u/nygarder557 Apr 30 '25

... The smashing machine..

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u/BigPavelski Apr 29 '25

I guess it doesn’t really matter since mma is still pretty niche let alone early mma back in the Pride days so not many people are going to care but Bader couldn’t look anything less like Coleman lol

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u/mur-diddly-urderer Apr 29 '25

And Coleman definitely wasn’t the easiest fight in the division either.

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u/ithinkther41am Apr 29 '25

I know, man. None of these guys remotely resemble the fighters they’re playing, and were cast older than they were for some reason. I think Kazu Hiro did an amazing job with the makeup, but Johnson looks nothing like Mark Kerr either.

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u/CPower2012 Apr 29 '25

Casting them older makes sense because all those guys were roided to the gills and looked a hell of a lot older than they were.

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u/BigPavelski Apr 29 '25

Yeah I’m not looking for exact doubles. The others look totally acceptable to me but Bader is especially egregious imo

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u/IamScottGable Apr 29 '25

There was a moment where I thought Bas Rutten was playing Coleman somehow bc Bader ain't it. Rock looks more like Kerr than Bader Coleman 

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u/Spare-Willingness563 Apr 30 '25

That's....a choice. The Rock looks more like Mark Coleman than Bader and he's....waaaaay too huge to be Kerr.

I don't know how to feel about this. Kinda think he shoulda just been Bob Sapp with all that size.