October 2008
10 posts
The Wrestler not just for WWE fans →
WatchFox Searchlight coverage of The Wrestler panel at NYFF 2008
NYFF: The Wrestler →
With his hearing aid and graying hair, pro wrestler Randy “The Ram” Robinson may be past his prime, but Mickey Rourke has never been better than he is in the title role of Darren Aronofsky’s seriocomic, existentialist wrestling drama. When a brush with mortality relegates him to working a supermarket deli counter, The Ram tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter (Evan Rachel Wood)...
Brad Pitt Drops The Fighter →
We don’t want to project too much, but it seemed like a bit of a sore subject. When we asked about the status and how the film was supposed to begin shooting in the fall and what happened [Aronofsky] replied, “Well, we’re having some problems casting it.” We probed a little further and asked whether the two leads were still on board and Aronofsky seemed a bit bummed when he...
IFC Interview with Darren Aronofsky →
The Wrestler: The NYFF Press Conference →