Bruce Willis is playing boxing trainer Constantine ‘Cus’ D’Amato in the drama Cornerman. The film will take place in 1980s New York and explore how D’Amato – by then famous for training champion fighters like Floyd Patterson and José Torres – found and mentored future heavyweight champion Mike Tyson (who was only a teenager at the time). Cornerman will further serve as the feature directing debut for Homeland and Hitman: Agent 47 star Rupert Friend, who will draw from his own script.
Friend’s boxing drama is one of several high-profile projects that will be presented to potential international distributors when the 71st Cannes Film Festival begins tomorrow (Tuesday, ...
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