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Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg In Micky Ward Biopic The Fighter
Earlier this month, we wrote that Christian Bale would join Mark Wahlberg in Bryan Singer‘s thriller “Prisoners.”
Now, Christian Bale and director David O. Russell are set to join Mark Wahlberg in “The Fighter.” So, this is the second project that Bale and Wahlberg are planning to star in together.
“The Fighter” tells the true story of Boston fighter “Irish” Micky Ward and how he was helped to the world lightweight championship by half-brother and his trainer Dicky Ecklund.
Ecklund was a journeyman fighter who sent Sugar Ray Leonard to the canvas in 1978. His career was derailed by drug addiction and a prison sentence. Upon his release, he convinced his younger brother, Ward – who had retired from boxing at 26 after losing four straight – to get back in the ring. Under Ecklund’s tutelage, Ward won the WBU Light Welterweight title and engaged in one of the greatest fight trilogies in history with Arturo Gatti.
