{"id":2001064,"date":"2025-09-06T03:46:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T03:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2001064"},"modified":"2025-09-06T03:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T03:46:16","slug":"actors-who-have-played-boxers-in-films-like-raging-bull-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/actors-who-have-played-boxers-in-films-like-raging-bull-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors Who Have Played Boxers In Films Like \u2018Raging Bull\u2019 And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Boxing is no stranger to cinema, with films like Martin Scorsese\u2019s Raging Bull to Barry Jenkins\u2019 and Rachel Morrison\u2019s The Fire Inside.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sydney Sweeney\u2019s Christy <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/christy-tiff-red-carpet-premiere-175423788.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:just premiered;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">just premiered<\/a> at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/black-bear-sets-sydney-sweeney-190641954.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:release in theaters;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">release in theaters<\/a> in November, while A24\u2019s The Smashing Machine featuring former wrestler Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson premiered at Venice, but of course boxing and wrestling are very different.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Deadline<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/smith-action-pic-fast-loose-170000181.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Will Smith Action Pic 'Fast And Loose' Taps 'King Ivory' Director John Swab To Helm; 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