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His friends are gone.
Credit: Barry Wetcher
His wife, Adrian, has died.
And hes been diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
The former heavyweight hero is now a defeated champion living among ghosts.
Its shocking, heartbreaking to watch, and its a version of the Italian Stallion that Stallone initially resisted.
He wasnt sure that audiences wanted to see Rocky that vulnerable, admits director Ryan Coogler.
And that was an uphill battle for him.
The hospital shoot was tough, Coogler says.
I did a push-in on Slys face, and on the first take he nailed it.
Something felt so special and so real about it.
He vibrates through the entire movie, says director Tom McCarthy.
That physicality also represents the actors personal commitment to getting the film made.
Mark really is the heart and soul of Spotlight in a lot of ways, says coscreenwriter Josh Singer.
Its a story we need to tell.
I try and avoid making sweeping generalizations about a character, says the London native.
John makes the executive decision to not bring Glass back because hes a liability.
Its not very palatable.
But it was a brutal place back then.
There is something alike in the objective of our two businesses, he says.
He wore Burrys clothes, emulated his breathing, and mimicked his office routines.
So that office really became his mind, and once we got that, it became incredibly exciting.
Suddenly, youre really getting to just watch someones mind work.
Bale invites you inside while simultaneously maintaining a distance, a coolness that is essential to the character.
Burry was always three steps ahead; so is Bale.
