Florence Pugh Is WWE Wrestler Paige In Fighting With My Family Exclusive Image

In the space of a few short years, Florence Pugh has proved her versatility on the big screen from the pitch-black period drama Lady Macbeth, to her arresting turn in this years Park Chan-Wook-directed John Le Carr miniseries The Little Drummer Girl. And for her next move? Shes choke-slamming and half nelson-ing in Fighting With My Family, playing real-life wrestling star Saraya-Jade Paige Bevis, a kid from Norwich who rose to international stardom through WWE while her wrestling-obsessed brother notably didnt. Empire has an exclusive image from the film, as seen in the Ultimate 2019 Preview issue, showing Pughs Paige in showboating mode. Fighting With My Family excl Paiges story was first told in a Channel 4 documentary in 2012, which serves as the basis for this film with Stephen Merchant turning film director for the first time since 2010s Cemetery Junction. ?I sat down to watch [it] expecting to be disinterested, he tells Empire of the small-screen doc. ?But I was very engaged by the family. Read more about Fighting With My Family in the February 2019 issue of Empire, on sale in newsagents and online now. The film will step into the ring on 1 March.