{"id":391702,"date":"2026-01-26T18:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391702\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T18:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T18:35:10","slug":"shots-of-michael-watson-chris-eubank-as-boxing-biopic-wraps-filming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/391702\/","title":{"rendered":"Shots Of Michael Watson &#038; Chris Eubank As Boxing Biopic Wraps Filming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped on The Force \u2013 The <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/michael-watson\/\" id=\"auto-tag_michael-watson\" data-tag=\"michael-watson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Watson<\/a> Story, Sean Cronin\u2019s biopic about the British <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/boxing\/\" id=\"auto-tag_boxing\" data-tag=\"boxing\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">boxing<\/a> legend. We\u2019ve got pics of Victor Hugo (Gemini Man) as Watson, and Michael Gukas as <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/chris-eubank\/\" id=\"auto-tag_chris-eubank\" data-tag=\"chris-eubank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Eubank<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWatson and Eubank faced off in an infamous WBO super middleweight fight in 1991. The pair had fought in an earlier bout that Eubank won by a majority decision. The rematch took place at the White Hart Lane soccer stadium and the fight was stopped in the twelfth round after Watson collapsed. He suffered a severe brain injury and spent 40 days in a coma.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/micheal-watson.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"682\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tVictor Hugo as British boxer Michael Watson in \u2018The Force\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/themes\/pmc-deadline-2019\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.jpg\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/eubank.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"678\" width=\"1024\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMichael Gukas stars as Chris Eubank in \u2018The Force\u2019, pictured above in a pic from the movie<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHe has since rebuilt his life, learning to walk again and he is considered one of the UK\u2019s most inspirational sportsmen. Matthew Bazell wrote the screenplay for the film, which charts Watson\u2019s incredible recovery and the legal battle that resulted in reforms to boxing safety regulations, changes that continue to influence the sport today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Force is produced by Magnificent Films in partnership with Matchroom. It features an array of iconic British and international boxing names including Mo George as Nigel Benn, Khali Best (Top Boy) as Gerald McClellan and Nick Moran (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) as Barry Hearn. There are also portrayals of Frank Bruno, Don King and Muhammad Ali.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tProduction recreated the White Hart Lane bout at Longcross Studios in the UK on September 21, 2025, 34 years after the original fight, and Watson made a guest appearance during filming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tVictor Hugo is represented by Iona Maclean at Zero Gravity Management and Lou Davidson at Simon &amp; Howe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped on The Force \u2013 The Michael Watson Story, Sean Cronin\u2019s biopic about the British&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391703,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,24587,147523,101,147524,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-391702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-chris-eubank","tag-michael-watson","tag-sports","tag-the-force-u2013-the-michael-watson-story","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391702\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}