David O. Russell’s ‘The Fighter’ Gets Nailed with Reshoots?

Don’t worry folks – this won’t go the way of the uncompleted Nailed — the abandoned David O. Russell project. ThePlaylist makes the logical connection that new paparazzo images showing Mark Wahlberg without the washboard stomach are just the final shots required for the sequences that demonstrate the character of Mickey Ward getting into shape. Clearly The Fighter won’t be going the CGI or fat suit route, especially when Christian Bale went about his weight lose and gain for his part. He went about it the opposite way, by coming to set in a drug addict thin condition. The production probably shut down while Wahlberg gained some extra weight to show his transformation.

I was digging threw the archive, and having not read the screenplay, I was wondering out loud if there is any mention of Ward’s infamous fights against Arturo Gatti?

Here’s the synopsis:

This is the powerful true story of professional boxers Dickie (Christian Bale) and Micky (Mark Wahlberg). Although they are half brothers, their careers take very different courses. Older brother Dickie does not suffer from a shortage of talent or confidence, but his lack of judgment and humility lead him down a path of self-destruction. After blowing his shot against one of the greatest fighters of his generation, Dickie descends down a dangerous road of drug addiction that robs him of his career, alienates his brother, and eventually lands him in jail. Meanwhile, discouraged from yet another defeat, younger brother Micky, whose talent never seems to match the size of his heart, vanishes into early retirement. But his itch to fight never goes away, and when a rehabilitated Dickie is released from prison and takes over as Micky’s trainer, Micky transforms himself from an underdog into a world champion prized pugilist.