A feature length script for the movie can be found on the internet. It is actually not the script written for the film, but a new version created by Hamann years later and fleshed out from the existing footage on the internet. The actual script is only 40 pages long and a lot of the film was improvised by the actors. Tarantino has said the feature script online isn't his movie and he wishes his name wasn't on it. Hamann has said it follows the blueprint him and Tarantino established.
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Christian Bale spent hours with the real Dicky Eklund to learn how to emulate him properly. He had to lose 30 pounds because Eklund was a crack addict at the time. Director David O. Russell said it was much more than mimicry. He remarked: "Dicky has a rhythm to him, a music. Christian had to understand how his mind works."
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Art Ramalho's gym is a real-life gym in the West End of Lowell, MA. Micky Ward trained there, and it's still a functioning boxing gym.
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Mark Wahlberg sent the script to Martin Scorsese, hoping he would direct, but Scorsese turned it down.
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According to Bianca Hunter, Melissa Leo and Christian Bale stayed in character on the set, even when they were not filming. Hunter also said that the real Pork Eklund was on the set, and told Hunter that she did not like how she was being portrayed.
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The Fighter - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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