Brian Damage
02-26-2010, 10:57 PM
Liev Schreiber spoke with MTV's Josh Horowitz recently about his current gig performing on Broadway in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge." While chatting, the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" star mentioned that he's already thinking ahead to what will be next, and the news might surprise you.
Have you ever heard of Chuck Wepner? "The Bayonne Bleeder"? He's a former heavyweight boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey. He won 35 out of 51 fights during his career, 17 of which were knockouts. He faced George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali during his years in the ring and he's also been named as Sylvester Stallone's inspiration for fictional boxer Rocky Balboa. Well Schreiber's plan is to bring Wepner's story to the big screen.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/page/2/
Have you ever heard of Chuck Wepner? "The Bayonne Bleeder"? He's a former heavyweight boxer from Bayonne, New Jersey. He won 35 out of 51 fights during his career, 17 of which were knockouts. He faced George Foreman, Sonny Liston and Muhammad Ali during his years in the ring and he's also been named as Sylvester Stallone's inspiration for fictional boxer Rocky Balboa. Well Schreiber's plan is to bring Wepner's story to the big screen.
http://moviesblog.mtv.com/page/2/