DICKY EKLUND inspired an Oscar-winning performance by Christian Bale for his depiction of the boxing champion-turned drug addict. Bale took Best Supporting Actor in 2011 for his role in The ...

Because Christian Bale was a child actor ... as his crack-addicted ex-boxer brother Dicky Eklund, Bale steals every scene. Stick thin and drawn out, eyes rolling, cheeks caved, it’s perhaps ...

It followed the story of how Eklund went from hometown hero who fought the great Sugar Ray Leonard for $7,500 (around £6,000) to a crack cocaine addict. His brother Micky meanwhile was attempting ...