Washington
(ANI):
Actor
Christian
Bale
will
star
in
director
David
O.
Russell's
The
Fighter
along
with
Mark
Wahlberg.
The
movie
recalls
the
life
of
Boston
boxer
Irish
Mickey
Ward
and
his
unlikely
path
to
become
world
lightweight
champion
with
the
help
of
his
half-brother
Dicky
Eklund.
The
Batman
Begins
actor,
who
has
been
re-teamed
with
Relativity
Media,
will
play
the
role
of
Eklund,
who
himself
was
a
professional
boxer
and
trained
Mickey
after
kicking
his
drug
addiction
in
jail,
reports
Variety.
Bale
had
been
making
the
headlines
for
his
infamous
rant
on
the
sets
of
Terminator
Salvation
after
being
interrupted
in
a
scene.
The
35-year-old
later
apologised
for
the
profanity-laden
tirade
against
the
director
of
photography.
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