Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ihe nkiri Paramount Pictures nke 2010 "The Fighter" na-akọ akụkọ ntolite nke nwanne Eklund nke obere Micky Ward. David O. Russell duziri ihe nkiri ahụ, Christian Bale dị ka Eklund na Mark Wahlberg dị ka Ward. Na
Na 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards, Eklund mere ihe ijuanya n'elu ikpo okwu ya na Christian Bale dịka nke ikpeazụ natara onyinye maka Onye na-akwado ihe nkiri kachasị mma maka ịkọwa Eklund. Bale nwetakwara Golden Globe na Academy Award maka arụmọrụ ya. N'oge ọ na-ekwu okwu nnabata nke Academy Award, o kelere Eklund na Ward, ndị nọ na ndị na-ege ntị.