The Fire Inside (2024) on Netflix
PG-1320241h 49mBiographyDramaSport
Claressa Shields, a teenager from Flint, Michigan, demands to train at a boys-only boxing gym run by Jason Crutchfield, a former pro. He is reluctant, and she aims for the Olympics.
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- Netflix4.1/5
- IMDb6.6/103,726 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes96%
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Plot summary
Claressa Shields is a high school junior in Flint, Michigan, and she wants to box, while her home life is chaotic. She walks into a boys-only gym run by Jason Crutchfield, a former professional fighter, and asks to train. He is reluctant to take on a teenage girl, and the room around them is rough, but he agrees. Under his tough-love coaching, Claressa, who fights as T-Rex, works her way up the amateur ranks while money stays short, family support is uneven, and her city keeps declining. She is chasing a place on the U.S. team for the 2012 London Olympics.
Cast
- Emmanuel Igbokeas USA Team Officer
- Jazmin Headleyas Young Claressa
- Chrystian Buddingtonas Corey
- Maurice Wayne Anglinas Young Corey
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fire Inside (2024)
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- Ice Cube was cast as Claressa Shields' coach Jason Crutchfield in February 2020, but left the film in October 2021 after refusing to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in order to make Oh Hell No for Columbia Pictures, putting the project in turnaround.
- Principal photography on the film began at Cinespace Film Studios in Toronto on March 11, 2020, and was halted just two days later, on March 13, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- After Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took over the project, Brian Tyree Henry joined the cast in May 2022 to replace Ice Cube as coach Jason Crutchfield, and Oluniké Adeliyi joined as Claressa Shields' mother, with filming resuming that month.
