Read more: Irish Micky Ward: "The Fighter" speaks out
On Sunday night the Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale "The Fighter" is up for seven Oscar nominations, including best supporting actor and actress, director, editing and screenplay.
The story of an underdog boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts, “Irish” Micky Ward, the film has been a critical and commercial success both in the U.S. and countries around the world.
NECN took a camera crew behind the scene at the real-life gym of the working class hero Ward where much of the movie was actually filmed.
The owner of the gym, Art Ramalho, said that the since the movie came out "a lot of young kids are starting to come down" to the West End Gym.
He said, "It was wonderful to meet all the actors. They were down to earth people, and it meant a lot to the city of Lowell I think, too."
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Searlit | Feb 26, 2011, 11:41 AM EST
Irish people, generally, like to be called Irish, especially the descendants of The Wild Geese. Is there a problem?
seagreen | Feb 25, 2011, 09:50 AM EST
Why do people of Irish heritage always have to include "Irish" in everything they do? You do not hear of "Bulgarian" Boris Salcsu, or "Armenian" Anzar Tatchorian, "Spanish Sergio Nunez, or "Greek" Kostas Makris. Thankfully most of these names are associated with pugilists. If i were awaiting surgery, it would be somewhat disconcerting to hear the lead surgeon being called Dr "Irish" Danny Donovan