The fighter 2010 a look at the early years of boxer irish micky ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s. Here, he finds an ideal counterpart in christian bale, who won an oscar for his strungout turn as mickeys crackaddict brother and trainer. The fighter 2010 best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion. A lot of biopics, including raging bull itself, are a riseandfall story, but the fighter sets itself apart by instead being a fallandrise story. Dicky ecklund christian bale is a former boxing legend that squandered his talents and threw away his shot at greatness. Christian charles philip bale born 30 january 1974 is an english actor who is known for his intense method acting style, often transforming his body drastically for his roles. Micky and dicky were both very involved in the making of the movie. The film was poorly received by most movie critics. For more trailers trailer for the fighter starring mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams. The film centers on the lives of professional boxer micky ward wahlberg and his older halfbrother dicky eklund bale.
Theres skinny bale the machinist and big bale american hustle, edgy bale the fighter and business bale american psycho. All mark wahlberg movies ranked mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams, the fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre. Russell, and starring mark wahlberg who also coproduced, christian bale. The fighter is based upon the true life story of the fighters micky ward mark wahlberg and dicky eklund christian bale. Christian bale stars alongside mark wahlberg in the fighter. Also, while all the acting is incredible including mark wahlberg who gives his best performance to date, christian bale rips through the film. The fighter movie trailer mark wahlberg christian bale collider. He acted alongside mark wahlberg in the biographical sports drama the fighter 2010 as dicky eklund. Nov 25, 2010 3 movie clips and 19 images from the fighter starring mark wahlberg, christian bale, amy adams and melissa leo by steve frosty weintraub november 25, 2010. Based on the story of micky ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness. Mark wahlberg and christian bale s transformation pictures will blow your mind mark wahlberg and christian bale have shown the audience their will to transform into whatever they want. The fighter is a 2010 american biographical sports drama film directed by david o. Adams plays mickys girlfriend charlene fleming, and leo portrays micky and dickys. With christian bale, amy adams, bradley cooper, jennifer lawrence.
Christian bale talks up mark wahlbergs fighter the new. Since you are already here then chances are that you are looking for the daily themed crossword solutions. Mark wahlberg and christian bale discuss the fighter on. Christian bale sings the powerpuff girls theme youtube. Read more to see some transformation pictures of them. Mark wahlberg, christian bale, amy adams, tom hardy, joel edgerton, david o. Mark wahlberg stars in paramount pictures inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise of massachusettsborn lightweight title. Jun 05, 20 dicky ecklund christian bale is a former boxing legend that squandered his talents and threw away his shot at greatness. Christian bale on mark wahlberg, the fighter and why. Gabriel montoya interviews mark wahlberg mickey ward and christian bale dickie eklund about their roles in the fighter. A con man, irving rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner sydney prosser, is forced to work for a wild f. Mark wahlberg, matthew mcconaughey, christian bale all went to extreme lengths to lose weight for the job. Christian bale has joked that he did a lot of coke to lose weight for his role in the fighter.
Finally, the first movie to ever have its filming broadcast live on payperview. Mark wahlberg stars in paramount pictures inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise of massachusettsborn, junior welterweight title winner irish micky ward. Bale s portrayal of dicky eklund, for which he lost 2 stone 2 pounds 14 kg. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is. Christian bale lost 30 pounds to play halfbrother crack addict dicky eklund, but wahlbergs commitment was even more dramatic. Sep 18, 2019 mark wahlberg stars as ward alongside an oscarwinning christian bale as eklund, and its their onscreen chemistry that carries the whole film. Led by a trio of captivating performances from mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams, the. Russell, and starring mark wahlberg who also coproduced, christian bale, amy adams, and melissa leo. Every mark wahlberg movie, ranked worst to best rolling. Dec 05, 2010 in the fighter christian bale steps away from the brooding, inwardlooking characters of the dark knight and 3. The fighter trailer mark wahlberg and christian bale. Amy adams, mark wahlberg and christian bale interview the.
Led by a trio of captivating performances from mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams, the fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre. The fighter 2010 best performance by an actor in a supporting role. Agent, richie dimaso, who pushes them into a world of jersey powerbrokers and the mafia. The fighter 2010 trailer hd mark wahlberg christian bale. The fighter 47 movie clip the fighting family 2010. With christian bale, casey affleck, zoe saldana, woody harrelson. Russell, melissa leo and christian bale interview the fighter.
Christian bale and mark wahlberg i actually was wondering what would happen if russell and bale were doing a movie together, if the world would blow up and shit. All christian bale movies ranked mark wahlberg, christian bale, and amy adams, the fighter is a solidly entertaining, albeit predictable, entry in the boxing drama genre. And mark wahlberg reprises his role as dirk diggler, however briefly. Bale is the recipient of many awards, including an academy award and two golden globes, and was featured in the time 100 list of 2011 born in haverfordwest, wales, to english parents, bale had his first starring role. The fighter movie clips movie images mark wahlberg, christian. Feb 01, 2011 christian bale on mark wahlberg, the fighter and why he hates talking about himself two short years ago, the hollywood critics were lining up to give christian bale a pasting.
The moment he learned nearly 5 years ago that hed be starring. Weve got cowl bale the dark knight if thats your fever, along with cool bale. Mark wahlberg is the latest in a long line of actors who are quite. Dicky ecklund christian bale is a former boxing hero who squandered his talents and threw away his shot at greatness. Beaver eklund walked out of a screening of the film in protest.
Micky ward mark wahlberg, his half brother, is the struggling. Former boxer ducky eklund bale trains his halfbrother micky ward mark wahlberg to compete for the world boxing unions intercontinental lightweight title. Feb 07, 2012 mark wahlberg stars in paramount pictures inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise of massachusettsborn, junior welterweight title winner irish micky ward. Mark wahlberg stars in paramount pictures inspirational docudrama exploring the remarkable rise. Christian bale talks up mark wahlbergs fighter the new york. Transcript for mark wahlberg and christian bale on the fighter this transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate. Welcome to rotten tomatoes, where weve got bale by the barrel. I wanted to make a boxing movie, talked about a movie where. All mark wahlberg movies ranked mar 28, 2017 the fighter is a 2010 american biographical sports drama film directed by david o. In 20062007 a group of investors bet against the us mortgage market. Read or listen to a great press conference by steve frosty weintraub december 5, 2010. When rodney baze mysteriously disappears and law enforcement doesnt follow through fast enough, his older brother, russell, takes matters into his own hands to find justice. With mark wahlberg, christian bale, amy adams, melissa leo. The fighter trailer mark wahlberg and christian bale collider.
Look no further because you will find whatever you are looking for in here. Mark robert michael wahlberg born june 5, 1971 is an american actor, producer, businessman, model, rapper, singer, and songwriter. With christian bale, steve carell, ryan gosling, brad pitt. Academy award nominees mark wahlberg the departed, christian bale the dark knight and amy adams doubt star in this remarkable film. Mark wahlberg and christian bales transformation pictures. Theres also their mother alice eklundward melissa leo and mickys girlfriend charlene amy adams. Best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama. He is also known by his former stage name marky mark from his career with the group marky mark and the funky bunch, with whom he released the albums music for the people 1991 and you gotta believe 1992.
Some documentarians are making a film about dicky who once fought and knocked down sugar ray leonard. Christian bale lost 30 pounds to play halfbrother crack addict dicky. The fighter movie clips movie images mark wahlberg. Before he started acting, mark wahlberg was best known as performerp456marky mark markymark, the pantsdropping rapper who attained fame and notoriety with his group performerp456the funky bunchmarkymark. Russell three kings, the film, opening friday, is a longnursed passion project of mark wahlberg, who served as producer and stars as micky. Russells the fighter, starring mark wahlberg and christian bale, is an inyourface more exactly, inyoureyesandears movie about a celebrated reallife bluecollar boxing.
Jul 04, 2017 the fighter 2010 a look at the early years of boxer irish micky ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1980s. The same year, bale starred together with johnny depp in the critical and commercial success public enemies as fbi agent melvin purvis. Mark wahlberg, matthew mcconaughey, christian bale all went. The fighter movie trailer mark wahlberg christian bale. Micky ward mark wahlberg, his half brother, is the struggling journeyman boxer who spent his life living in his big brothers sha. Russell, the film stars mark wahlberg, christian bale, melissa leo and amy adams. Mark wahlbergs 10 best movies, according to rotten tomatoes. Starring mark wahlberg, christian bale, amy adams and melissa leo, the film looks to be a sure bet come awards season as bale looks like hes undergone a physical transformation that has to be. Russell, and starring mark wahlberg, christian bale, amy adams and melissa leo.
All christian bale movies ranked movie and tv news. Mark wahlberg actor, christian bale actor, david o. The fighter 47 movie clip the fighting family 2010 hd. Based on a true story, two brothers, against all the odds, come together to train for a historic title bout that has the power to reunite their fractured family and give their hardluck town what.
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