Directed by Ben Younger and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, the movie is based on the life of former world champion boxer Vinny Pazienza.
- Jun 30, 2016
AceShowbiz - The first trailer for upcoming Vinny Pazienza's biopic "Bleed for This" has arrived online for viewing pleasure. Vinny a.k.a. The Pazmanian Devil was on top of the boxing world after winning the junior middleweight title in 1991. He was then forced to relinquish the title due to a serious car crash.
The trailer, released by Sports Illustrated, opens with a scene showing Vinny (Miles Teller) riding on a bicycle while his body is wrapped with plastic. He later strips down to his leopard panties while his weight is being revealed prior to the boxing match.
Vinny suffers a broken neck after a car accident and a doctor tells him that he might never walk again and would certainly never fight again. He has to wear a medical device called Halo, a circular metal brace screwed into the skull in four spots and propped up with four metal rods, to keep his neck in place.
"With this severe of an injury, one bump, one fall, any kind of movement, and your spinal cord could sever," the doctor says.
Vinny's trainer Kevin Rooney (Aaron Eckhart) tells him, "We're not done yet, Vinny." Vinny replies, "I'm getting pretty sick of people talking to me like I'm dead. Kev, I'm going to fight again."
Vinny begins working out again despite his condition. "I know exactly how to give up. It's easy," he tells Kevin, "I'm not done. I got more in me."
Directed by Ben Younger and executive produced by Martin Scorsese, "Bleed for This" is coming to U.S. theaters on November 4.
