Behind the scenes of David O. Russell’s film “The Fighter”, starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Melissa Leo. The Fighter, is a drama about boxer “Irish” Micky Ward’s (Mark Wahlberg) unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky (Christian Bale), a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO’d by drugs and crime. April, 2010
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Twins Emily and Hannah Cohn have something worth fighting over. The 18-year-old lifelong residents of the Centralville section of Lowell have an autographed poster signed by actor Mark Wahlberg. August, 2009
Micky Ward and Dicky Eklund talk about spending time with Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale as they prepared for filming of The Fighter, a movie about the Lowell boxers and brothers. August, 2009