Movies
Christina Hendricks to star in boxing film
Published Wednesday, May 11 2011, 18:32 BST | By Zakia Uddin | Add comment
© WENN / KOKOPIX
The Mad Men actress will star alongside Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber, Variety reports.
Jeff Feuerzeig and Jerry Stahl's script depicts the life story of the New Jersey heavyweight boxer Chuck Wepner, who fought 15 rounds with boxing legend Muhammad Ali in 1975.
Wepner, to be played by X-Men star Schreiber, was the inspiration for Sylvester Stallone's character Rocky Balboa.
Variety speculates that Hendricks and Watts could play Wepner's former wives.
Hendricks is also attached to the Neil LaBute-penned drama Seconds of Pleasure, a series of vignettes set in an airplane.
More: Christina Hendricks, Movies
Previous: Cannes 2011: Our top ten festival picks
0 comments
Loading...
Related Stories
Movie Reviews
'Top Cat: The Movie' reviewHanna-Barbera's classic cartoon makes a disastrous comeback on the big screen.
Movies Interviews
'Prometheus': Fassbender video interviewMichael Fassbender tells Digital Spy about his android role in Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
At the Movies
How many Snow White dwarves can you name?Nick Frost, Ray Winstone and more try to guess Snow White's classic dwarves.
Movies Galleries
Robert De Niro in new Red Lights postersElizabeth Olsen and Sigourney Weaver also feature in new posters.
