Jack Huston And Michael C. Pitt Staged Real Fight At End Of ‘Day Of The Fight’ – Contenders Los Angeles
deadline.comLike its title promises, Day of the Fight climaxes in a boxing match. Star Michael C. Pitt revealed that it was his idea to have a real fight during the production.
Writer-director Jack Huston, making his directorial debut, heartily agreed. “I had said to Jack, ‘Put the fight at the end of the movie.
They won’t worry whether or not I get hurt then. We’ll make contact. We’ll fight. We might need to do that.’ ” Pitt said during a discussion of the movie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards showcase. “On a bigger production, they have more time.
They have stunts and all these things.” Huston only had one and a half days to film the climax of the film, a fact that floored even Martin Scorsese when he introduced a screening in New York. “You put him in the ring,” Huston said, appearing virtually on the panel. “We had multiple cameras.
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