Like its title promises, Day of the Fight climaxes in a boxing match. Star Michael C. Pitt revealed that it was his idea to have a real fight during the production.
Writer-director Jack Huston , making his directorial debut, heartily agreed. “I had said to Jack, ‘Put the fight at the end of the movie. They won’t worry whether or not I get hurt then.
We’ll make contact. We’ll fight. We might need to do that.
’ ” Pitt said during a discussion of the movie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: Los Angeles awards showcase. “On a bigger production, they have more time. They have stunts and all these things.
” Huston only had one and a half days to film the climax of the film, a fact that floored even Martin Scorsese when he introduced a screening in New York. “You put him in the ring,” Huston said, appearing virtually on the panel. “We had multiple cameras.
There’s a moment you say, ‘You can’t ask me any questions. You just have to trust me.’ ” RELATED: 2024-25 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Oscars, Grammys, Tonys, Guilds & More The film leading up to Pitt’s character Mike Flannigan’s bout is one of reflection and working out his relationships, including one with his father (Joe Pesci) and lover ( Nicolette Robinson ).
Huston referenced Anora director Sean Baker’s lament about the lack of human dramas for adults in cinemas, a sentiment Baker shared in a panel earlier in the day. RELATED: The 2025 Oscars: Everything We Know So Far About The Nomin.
