Writing and fighting have more in common than people might expect. As a profession, it is more a calling than a job. It requires incredible resilience, the willingness to get up and go again, even after disheartening setbacks. It takes a lifetime to become an overnight success. And while sometimes failure happens in private, it can also make for a public spectacle. Screenwriter Michelle Rosenfarb is not a fighter, but when she started writing the script that would become Bruised nearly ten years ago, she already had some traits in common with Jackie, the hero of her story.
The evolution of Bruised, Halle Berry’s UFC fight film: An interview with writer Michelle Rosenfarb
