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David, The Fighter
Updated On: 27 February, 2011 10:49 AM IST | | Yolande D Mello
Known as much for his violent on-set confrontation with a certain George Clooney as his critically acclaimed, darkly comic ventures like Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees, director David O Russell is anything but boring. He tells YOLANDE D'MELLO he has no words to describe how he feels that The Fighter has received seven Oscar nominations, and why Mark Wahlberg had a boxing ring in his backyard for the shooting of the film
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Known as much for his violent on-set confrontation with a certain George Clooney as his critically acclaimed, darkly comic ventures like Three Kings and I Heart Huckabees, director David O Russell is anything but boring. He tells YOLANDE D'MELLO he has no words to describe how he feels that The Fighter has received seven Oscar nominations, and why Mark Wahlberg had a boxing ring in his backyard for the shooting of the film
Mark Wahlberg plays Micky Ward, a welterweight boxer in 1985.
Welterweight is a weight category that rates between a light
and middleweight boxer.
How did you feel about making a film that would inevitably be compared to Raging Bull and Rocky?
I knew that my film would be compared to these iconic films but once you see it, you'll realise that it's not really a Raging Bull or a Rocky. Boxing is just a backdrop; it's a story about a family, their adversities and their triumph. It is a real story based on Micky Ward's (an Irish boxer born in 1965) life and his determination to overcome difficulties and emerge a winner.
What spin did you want to give Micky Ward's story?
My only aim was to make it as original as possible, since it's a film based in real life. Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale had to undergo rigorous training under Micky and Dicky Ward for almost one-and-a-half years to look and fight like real boxers. Earlier, we were supposed to shoot the film in Toronto, but we ultimately shot at Lowell, Massachusetts, where the original story took place.
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