Paddy Considine and Mena Massoud have signed on to star in the upcoming sports drama Giant, based on the life of British Yemeni boxing champion Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed. The BAFTA Award-winning Considine (Tyrannosaur, HBO’s House of the Dragon) will play Hamed’s Ireland-born boxing trainer, Brendan Ingle. Hamed was discovered in Sheffield by Ingle, a steel industry worker turned boxing trainer, and their unlikely partnership became the basis of one of the most successful and dramatic careers in fighting. Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios will fully finance Giant with Ford, Mark Lane of Tea Shop Productions, and Kevin Sampson of White Star Productions producing. “The story of fabled boxing trainer Brendan Ingle and his tempestuous relationship with protege “Prince” Naseem is both legendary, and truly cinematic.

Source: The Star January 26, 2023 01:44 UTC