Sentences with phrase «transformation as a boxer»
It's also this journey that elevates «In the Name of the Father» slightly above Day - Lewis and Sheridan's third film, 1997's «The Boxer,» which, despite the actor's convincing physical transformation as a boxer, doesn't give the actor much to play outside of fatigued decency.
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In the supporting categories, both Golden Globe winners from «The Fighter» were acknowledged by the academy: Christian Bale for his complete transformation as a former boxer turned drug addict (a role for which he lost 30 pounds) and Melissa Leo, as his tough - as - nails mother, a real departure from her usual persona.