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This was something of a comeback project for David O. Russell. I Heart Huckabees (2004) hadn't been as big a success as was hoped despite its all-star cast. Indeed, it was probably more famous for its viral on-set video of Russell berating Lily Tomlin. His next film Accidental Love (2015) was problematic from the start, was shut down in mid-production and was barely released when it was finally completed. By contrast, The Fighter (2010) was a relatively easy production and turned a tidy profit, whilst also bringing Russell his first Academy Award nomination.
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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According to Amy Adams, the real Charlene did not like the low-cut tops and short shorts that Adams wore in the film, because she did not dress like that in real life.
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Darren Aronofsky was previously attached to direct, but left the production to work on Black Swan (2010).
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The young man who rushes into the restaurant to warn the Eklund-Ward family that Dicky is being beaten up by the cops is actually Sean Eklund, nephew of the real Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund. He became New England Lightweight boxing champion in 2010.
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Both this film's helmer and its originally signed director, Darren Aronofsky, were nominated for Best Director at the 2010 Academy Awards, the latter for Black Swan (2010). Neither won.
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During an interview with George Lopez, the real Micky Ward claimed Dickey Eklund particularly disliked the scene where Christian Bale leaps into a dumpster. According to Eklund, he actually jumped from a higher floor, and there was no dumpster to catch him.
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Dicky Eklund did not like how his mother and sisters were portrayed in the film. He yelled at Christian Bale after a screening in anger. His sisters also did not like their portrayals. Beaver Eklund walked out of a screening of the film in protest.
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In the ending fight between Micky Ward and Shea Neary, announcer Jim Lampley says, "Ward nods as if to say, 'C'mon, c'mon, let's fight!'" and "Just imagine if you'd bought a ticket." These two lines are taken directly from Lampley's commentary in the 9th round of the May 18, 2002 fight between Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti.
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Cinematographer Wally Pfister loved the script and wanted very much to direct it, even getting as far as having a meeting with the producers, but says he "never had a chance." Hoyte Van Hoytema, who shot the film, would end up replacing Pfister as Christopher Nolan's regular cinematographer, as Pfister was unavailable to shoot Interstellar (2014) after signing on to direct Transcendence (2014).
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Mark Wahlberg trained extensively for the part, even to the extent of having a gym, complete with a boxing ring, built in his home.
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During filming in Lowell, local residents would often mistake Melissa Leo in costume for the real Alice Ward.
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The interviews in the beginning and the end were improvised by Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, while in-character. They were done late night with only Bale, Wahlberg, and David O. Russell present. Bale actually became emotional, and left the couch.
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Amy Adams and director David O. Russell share the same birthday, 20th August.
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Mark Wahlberg refused a stunt double for the boxing scenes.
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Richard Farrell, who plays one of the HBO cameramen in the film, is essentially playing himself. Farrell is a filmmaker and news cameraman, who directed the award-winning HBO documentary High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995), about Dicky Eklund.
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Melissa Leo told David O. Russell that she was too young to play the mother of Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg's characters. Leo is eleven years older than Wahlberg and 14 years older than Bale.
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In the Italian version of the movie, the voice of Christian Bale is dubbed by the actor Adriano Giannini, son of the Giancarlo Giannini.
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Emily Blunt turned down a role.
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Mark Wahlberg began training for the role in 2005. Throughout the various production delays, Wahlberg continued to train every day so that he could be ready for filming. Filming finally began in July 2009.
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts