Mark Wahlberg to Play Mickey Ward in new movie
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Not sure if the movie will go that far into his career. IMDB.com, "A look at the early years of boxer "Irish" Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid '80s."
I'm sure the movie will focus much around Micky and his brother Dicky Eklund. Lots of dram. This is from wikipedia in regards to Dicky:
I'm sure the movie will focus much around Micky and his brother Dicky Eklund. Lots of dram. This is from wikipedia in regards to Dicky:
Eklund's fighting career ended in 1985, likely due to his addiction to crack cocaine. He was documented by HBO's America Undercover for a period of 18 months. The documentary, named High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell, followed Eklund and two other crack addicts in Lowell as their lives spiraled out of control. It ended with Eklund receiving a 10-15 year sentence for breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, kidnapping, masked armed robbery, and several other crimes.
Eklund's troubles with violence and drugs continued. He was arrested for crack possession in 2006 and again in 2009 for domestic assault and attempted murder. [2] Although the victim of the 2009 offense, Eklund's girlfriend, recanted her story, the case will still be prosecuted. [3]
Eklund is the half-brother of the notable fighter Micky Ward. After Eklund's fighting career ended, he became Ward's full-time trainer for 26 fights from Ward's professional debut in 1985 until his first retirement in 1991. Ward's biography, written by Bob Halloran and entitled Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward, discusses much of Ecklund's life and career.
Eklund's troubles with violence and drugs continued. He was arrested for crack possession in 2006 and again in 2009 for domestic assault and attempted murder. [2] Although the victim of the 2009 offense, Eklund's girlfriend, recanted her story, the case will still be prosecuted. [3]
Eklund is the half-brother of the notable fighter Micky Ward. After Eklund's fighting career ended, he became Ward's full-time trainer for 26 fights from Ward's professional debut in 1985 until his first retirement in 1991. Ward's biography, written by Bob Halloran and entitled Irish Thunder: The Hard Life and Times of Micky Ward, discusses much of Ecklund's life and career.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Wahlberg#Early_life
As a teenager, Wahlberg was implicated in several acts of violence and vandalism. At fifteen, he was amongst a group who threw rocks at a group of African American school children on a field trip while shouting racial epithets; the rocks hit their targets and caused several injuries. The following year, Wahlberg robbed a pharmacy while he was under the influence of PCP. During the commission of the crime, he again used racial epithets. He knocked one middle aged Vietnamese man unconscious and permanently blinded another in one eye before he was arrested by the police.
As a teenager, Wahlberg was implicated in several acts of violence and vandalism. At fifteen, he was amongst a group who threw rocks at a group of African American school children on a field trip while shouting racial epithets; the rocks hit their targets and caused several injuries. The following year, Wahlberg robbed a pharmacy while he was under the influence of PCP. During the commission of the crime, he again used racial epithets. He knocked one middle aged Vietnamese man unconscious and permanently blinded another in one eye before he was arrested by the police.