Dwayne Johnson injured during ‘The Smashing Machine’ filming

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson sustained an elbow injury while filming ‘The Smashing Machine.’

In the movie directed by Benny Safdie, the 52-year-old actor reprised his role as real-life mixed-martial-arts fighter Mark Kerr, experiencing some rough action along the way, he disclosed.

On June 11, the former wrestler-turned-actor, who has encountered numerous work-related injuries in the past, announced in an Instagram video that he injured his right elbow during the production of the sports biopic.

"As you guys know, I’m filming a movie called The Smashing Machine,” the star said, before pointing out the obvious correlation: “And anytime your film is called The Smashing Machine, well, you’re kind of going to get smashed up.”