6. David O. Russell and Mark Wahlberg
Many directors tried to make it into the ring for this project, but David O. Russell managed to stay on for the final round and the result according to pundits is: The Fighter is one of the films that are being mentioned as a strong possibility for Best Picture. One of the rare times where the actor has been long-involved with the project before O.Russell signed on (worth noting this was also a first time that he didn’t write the screenplay). Mark Wahlberg previously cemented his relationship with the filmmaker on Three Kings (1999) and I Heart Huckabees (2004) before the reunion on the Mickey Ward biopic.
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