(Guardian) Southpaw will star Eminem as a left-handed welterweight whose career suffers when tragedy strikes. The film will reportedly follow his fight to reclaim glory and win back his young daughter. Like 8 Mile, it will include elements drawn from the rapper's own life – his real name is Marshall Mathers – though it is not a biopic.
Screenwriter Kurt Sutter, who writes the US television series Sons of Anarchy, told MTV News he was approaching the story as a "metaphorical biography of the second chapter of [Eminem's] life".
"I took meetings with Marshall's producing partners over the past seven years, looking for something to do together," said Sutter. "I know he's very selective and doesn't do a lot. But he shared so much of his personal struggle in this raw and very honest album, one that I connected with on a lot of levels. He is very interested in the boxing genre, and it seemed like an apt metaphor, because his own life has been a brawl."
Sutter added: "I love that the title refers to Marshall being a lefty, which is to boxing what a white rapper is to hip-hop; dangerous, unwanted and completely unorthodox. It's a much harder road for a southpaw than a right-handed boxer."
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