The Wrestler

Filming of Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler starrng Mickey Rourke at the 2/9 CZW show in South Philadelphia. This Scene is the end of the Hardcore match featuring Rourke's character Randy "The Ram" Robinson against CZW wrestler Necro Butcher.

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Entertainment

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• Darren
• Aronofsky
• Mickey
• Rourke
• Necro
• Butcher
• The
• Ram
• CZW
• Pro
• Wrestling
• Fountain
• Requiem
• for
• Dream

[pauljjbright]

My wife did the hair on "the wrestler". She is in the ring at the beginning of the clip. Im one of the guys that chants "use his leg!" in the part right before this. all of Necro's stuff was real, there were quite a few takes with the staple gun, all real. I remember when we all got back to the Holiday Inn at 2am. Necro walked through the double doors into the lobby wearing only shorts and a bath robe, head to toe covered in blood. all he said was "well, looks like Romney drop out of the race."

[KungFuKriss]

@pauljjbright Haha! Thanks for that! You're wife did a great job, btw, everyone did. I'm in the crowd somewhere but I still can't see myself because I was hanging over Darren's shoulder looking at his wireless viewfinder. Still a great memory.

[Naksa2]

how could u guys chant boring?

[KungFuKriss]

I wasn't chanting it. I enjoy a good CZW event but I was really there just to see the movie shoot. I was actually impressed that there was so little lag time between takes compared to other sets I've been on, but I guess Aronofsky had a damn good crew.

[ndingo]

CZW fans have no respect for the film makers

[415BAY415]

This is DANGEROUS film making - a real, blood thirsty crowd screaming their heads off .... forget the paid extras. A great, great film. These people were lucky to be there because the film turned out to be a classic.

[RCola665]

ECW>CZW

Some wrestling fans are morons

[hcvang]

@Naksa2 they just dont understand what goes into making a film - like most film fans

[Trunks341]

So is YO mom

[evenyscrewd]

every CZW fan is a fucking retard

[hitmanchild]

@coolbrett Just like wrestling eh? Real men doing real things in the real world and really getting hurt...For the show. As an ex wrestler, gotta say this movie deserved a damn sight better than it got. Your compliment is a compliment to us and I thank you.

[coolbrett]

It's so interesting watching masters at work (Rourke and Aronofsky). The whole movie had such an incredibly real feel about it and this is why. Basically every scene we saw was real. Real shops during real trading hours, real customers, real fans, Mickey really hurting himself

[hubris777]

@ndingo Eh, kind of a double edged sword using the live audience, that could just as easily have gone into a no-sell from the crowd but they stuck it out when the camera's began rolling at least.

[Colt2571]

@Mirkofia yes, she's the DP