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First Trailer for Sean Ellis’s The Cut Showcases Orlando Bloom’s Grueling Weight-Gain Regimen

The footage lays bare a former champion’s perilous six-day push to gain 26 pounds under John Turturro’s extreme methods ahead of its September release

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Overview

  • Officially released on August 6, the first trailer for The Cut highlights Orlando Bloom’s boxer grappling with extreme weight requirements to reenter the ring.
  • Bloom’s character faces a mandated six-day timeline to gain 26 pounds with no margin for error.
  • John Turturro portrays Boz, the unscrupulous trainer whose harsh techniques drive the boxer toward physical and mental limits.
  • Caitríona Balfe co-stars as the boxer’s partner, whose growing concern reflects the personal cost of his obsessive quest.
  • Following its Toronto Film Festival premiere, The Cut is set to open in US theaters on September 5 and in the UK & Ireland shortly thereafter.