Mark Kerr discusses his relationship with Benny Safdie. Safdie is the director, writer, producer, and editor of the upcoming Mark Kerr biopic, ‘The Smashing Machine’. For those that are out of the loop, The Rock leads the film with his portrayal of Mark Kerr. Benny [Safdie – director] and I talked about it, making this film for everyone involved came to them at the time that they needed it to come to them. Special thanks to Chris Van Vliet for the quote(s) in this article.