Jake Gyllenhaal’s follow-up to Nightcrawler sees the actor roaming the ring as a beat-up boxer looking for one last fight in order to win back custody of his daughter
The boxing movie limps to the next bout with the arrival of the trailer for Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Billy Hope, a former lightweight champ hauling himself back into the ring for one last fight after the death of his wife (Rachel McAdams) and the state’s removal of his daughter (Oona Laurence) into care.
Originally conceived as a star vehicle for Eminem and touted as a sequel of-sorts to 8-Mile, the trailer’s debuted on the rapper’s website. Gyllenhaal, who shot Southpaw directly after playing gaunt newshound Lou Bloom in Nightcrawler, packed on the pounds for Fuqua. His Billy looks buff, but beat: battered into a corner and swallowing blood.
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