Tag Archives: Bleed for This
Written by Jesus Figueroa Director Ben Younger talks to Jesus, @Thisfunktional of thisfunktional.com, about trying to be as truthful as possible to the larger-than-life story of Vinny Pazienza told in “Bleed For This.” Younger talked about some of the unbelievable things Pazienza did in real life, his enthusiasm for the story and how the boxing…
Written by Jesus Figueroa Actress Katey Sagal talks with Jesus, @Thisfunktional of thisfunktional.com, about playing Louise Pazienza, the mother of boxer Vinny Pazienza, in “Bleed For This.” Sagal talks about being a mother and pulling from her real emotions to play a realistic mother, the complexity of her character which drew her to it and…
Written by Jesus Figueroa Actor Aaron Eckhart talks withe Jesus, @Thisfunktional of thisfunktional.com, about playing boxing trainer Kevin in “Bleed For This.” Eckhart talks about training as a boxer, being a fan boxing and the experience he had talking with the real Vinny Pazienza. The physical changes Eckhart needed to go through were only a…
Written by Jesus Figueroa Actor Miles Teller talks with Jesus, @Thisfunktional of thisfunktional.com, about portraying boxer Vinny Pazienza in “Bleed For This.” Teller talks about the larger than life personality that the real boxing legend Vinny Pazienza is, the training regimen needed to play a boxer and how the script came to him. Vinny Pazienza…
BLEED FOR THIS is the incredible true story of one of the most inspiring and unlikely comebacks in sports history. Miles Teller (Whiplash, Divergent) stars as Vinny “The Pazmanian Devil” Pazienza, a local Providence boxer who shot to stardom after winning two world title fights. After a near-fatal car accident leaves Vinny with a severed…
