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The Fire Inside is a 2024 American biographical sports film by Rachel Morrison in her feature directorial debut. The film is about American professional boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields training for the 2012 Summer Olympics. Ryan Destiny stars as the lead, alongside Brian Tyree Henry.
Claressa Shields and Ryan Destiny at a Nov. 2024 screening of 'The Fire Inside' in Flint, Mich ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Claressa, what was your initial reaction when you found out they’d be doing a ...
In the latest episode of 'The Envelope,' the actor discusses playing boxer Claressa Shields, plus Sean Baker and Mikey Madison explain how they fine-tuned their film 'Anora.'
"The Fire Inside" gives us all that; it’s a real rouser. Yet it’s rooted in a galvanizing feeling for the trauma that can be the flip side of triumph. ... Claressa Shields, with her nickname ...
In November 2019 it was announced that Destiny was cast to play Claressa Shields in Flint Strong, a sports biopic written by Barry Jenkins and directed by Rachel Morrison. Originally, it was in development at Universal Pictures. [13] However, the film was put in a turnaround in October 2021. [14] It was then picked up by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in ...
Claressa Maria Shields [1] (born March 17, 1995) is an American professional boxer and professional mixed martial artist.She has held multiple world championships in five weight classes, including the undisputed female light middleweight title in March 2021; the undisputed female middleweight title twice between 2019 and 2024, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) female light heavyweight title ...
The first half of “The Fire Inside,” which opens Dec. 25, is somewhat conventional, albeit crafted with a keen sense of texture and the local flavor of Flint, Michigan, where Shields was from.
NEW YORK (AP) — The sports movie, like any genre, can easily fall victim to overly familiar story beats. An underdog challenger. A big match.