Brad Pitt will star alongside Mark Wahlberg in “The Fighter,” a drama about boxer “Irish” Mickey Ward and his path to become world lightweight champion. Pitt will replace Matt Damon.
Pitt will play Dicky Eklund, Mickey’s half-brother and a talented fighter who once went the distance with Sugar Ray Leonard in a title fight but then turned to crime and landed in prison. He turned his life around and helped his underperforming brother to a remarkable run that led to the world title.
Scott Silver is working on the latest draft of the script, and the film will be directed by Darren Aronofsky. I guess this is sort of a make up for Pitt dropping out of Aronofsky's last film, The Fountain. I'm a little disappointed about Damon dropping out though, I wanted to see him and Wahlberg reunite again after The Departed.
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